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chavel-bones

chavel-bones is the plural of chavel-bone.

Meaning of chavel-bone

Noun

chavel-bone (plural chavel-bones)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Jawbone.
    • Cain kills Abel with a 'chavel-bone' (jaw bone), as according to apocryphal legend, and then hides his body under a pile of grass or hay.1991, Colette Rausch, Leigh A. Payne, Medieval Drama, page 39

Questions about chavel-bones

What is chavel-bones the plural of?
Chavel-bones is the plural of chavel-bone.

Words near chavel-bones in the dictionary

  1. Chavasse
  2. chavdom
  3. chave
  4. chavel
  5. chavel-bone
  6. chavel-bones
  7. chavelled
  8. chavelling
  9. chavels
  10. chavender
  11. chavenders

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