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cavel

/ ˈkeɪvəl /

noun

  1. a drawing of lots among miners for an easy and profitable place at the coalface

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cavel1

C19: from English dialect cavel to cast lots, apportion

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Example Sentences

Belay: To make a rope fast to a pin or cavel, without hitching or seizing.

The fore-trysail was bent to some of the mast-hoops, and the sheet fastened to a cavel on the port side.

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