chavel-bone

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Jawbone. archaic,obsolete
    — Cain kills Abel with a 'chavel-bone' (jaw bone), as according to apocryphal legend, and then hides his body under a pile of grass or hay.

词形变化

chavel-bones plural chavel bone alternative

词源

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.
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