English Explanatory Dictionary

yelve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fork used to carry dung; such a fork used as a garden tool.

Word forms

yelve yelves

Etymology

A metathesis of *yevel, from Middle English yevel, from Old English ġeafel, variant of gafol, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu, from Gaulish gabalos, gablos, from Proto-Celtic *gablā (“fork”).

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