varvel

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noun

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

OriginOld French vervelle ← Latin vertibulum →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

varvel1

nounvarvel (plural varvels)

plural varvels · alternative vervelle · alternative vervel

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

    1894 — James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, s.v. Falcon. To the jesses, it is said, are attached the varvels, sometimes written vervels, or rings.

Varvel2

proper nounVarvel (plural Varvels)

plural Varvels

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Latinvertibulum“joint”
  2. Old Frenchvervelle“falcon's leg fetter”
  3. Englishvarvel

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

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APA

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MLA

“varvel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varvel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “varvel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varvel.

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