Middle English Dictionary Entry
kevel n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | kevel n.(2) |
| Etymology | Northern; cp. MnE dial. kevel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A large mason's hammer (?for breaking stones).
Associated quotations
- (1348) Invent.HIsland in Raine Hist.NDur.98 : [One] kevell.
- (c1360) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.352 : Pro factura ix wegges et novo kevell et j melle ferri.
- (1367) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.lxxviii : j kevel, j hammerhax.
- (1367-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100571 : Chissels, pikkis, hakkis, et kevellis.
- (1399) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3517 : In le loge apud Ebor in cimiterio, lxix stanexes, j magna kevell.
- (1404) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100397 : Item in custodia Sementarii..2 hakkis, 1 kevyll, 3 gavelokis.