disgavel

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verb

To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant

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Meanings

verbdisgavel (third-person singular simple present disgavels, present participle (US) disgaveling or (UK) disgavelling, simple past and past participle (US) disgaveled or (UK) disgavelled)

present singular third person disgavels · US participle present disgaveling · UK participle present disgavelling · US participle past disgaveled · US past disgaveled · UK participle past disgavelled · UK past disgavelled

  1. UKtransitivelawTo deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant

Origin

See dis- and gavelkind.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Salvidge
Cite this entry
APA

disgavel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgavel

MLA

“disgavel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgavel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disgavel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgavel.

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