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varvel

varvel noun: a metal ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to a hawk's jesses. Used for identifying birds.

varvel: a metal ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to a hawk's jesses. Used for...
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Noun

varvel (plural varvels)

  1. A metal ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to a hawk's jesses. Used for identifying birds.
    • 1894 — James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, s.v. Falcon.
      To the jesses, it is said, are attached the varvels, sometimes written vervels, or rings.

Proper noun capitalized: Varvel

Varvel (plural Varvels)

  1. A surname.

Forms of varvel

Noun
pluralvarvels
alternative formvervelle
alternative formvervel
Proper noun
pluralVarvels

Origin of varvel

From Old French vervelle (“falcon's leg fetter”), from Vulgar Latin derivation of Latin vertibulum (“joint”).

Words formed from varvel

Questions about varvel

What does varvel mean?
Varvel means a metal ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to a hawk's jesses. Used for identifying birds.
What part of speech is varvel?
Varvel can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of varvel?
The plural of varvel is varvels.

Words near varvel in the dictionary

  1. Varuzhan
  2. Varuṇa
  3. Varvara
  4. varve
  5. varved
  6. varvel
  7. varveled
  8. varvelled
  9. varvels
  10. varves
  11. vary

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