English Explanatory Dictionary

varvel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

varvel varvels vervelle vervel

Etymology

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

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