Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GAV'EL
GAV'EL, n.2 [Fr. javelle; Port. gavela, a sheaf; W. gavael, a hold or grasp.]
- A small parcel of wheat, rye or other grain, laid together by reapers, consisting of two, three or more handfuls. New-England.
- In England, a provincial word for ground. Eng. Dict.
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