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Definition of Kevel
1. n. A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
2. n. The gazelle.
Definition of Kevel
1. Noun. (nautical) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed. ¹
2. Noun. A stonemason's hammer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kevel
1. a belaying cleat or peg [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kevel
Literary usage of Kevel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"Buffon mentions a Corine as coming from Senegal, but he says it is smaller than
the kevel, and Daubenton says that it has knee-tufts, so that it cannot be ..."
2. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological by Zoological Society of London Committee of Science and Correspondence, Committee of Science and Correspondence, Zoological Society of London (1850)
"Indeed the Gazelle, Corine and kevel of Buffon are clearly all A. Dorcas of this
memoir. The kevel figured by MF Cuvier well represents this species. ..."
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