English Explanatory Dictionary

chavel-bone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Jawbone.

Word forms

chavel-bone chavel-bones chavel bone

Etymology

From Middle English chavylbone, chavyl bon (also as Middle English chawylbon, chawlbone, chawle boon, jawe bone > Early Modern English chawe bone, chaw-bone, jaw-bone > English jawbone), equivalent to chavel + bone. Doublet of jawbone.

Related words

chawbone
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