VERVELLE Definition & Meaning

vervelle

[ vur-vel ]

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noun

Armor.

any of a number of staples riveted along the base of a basinet to hold an aventail.

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Origin of vervelle¹

Apparently < Middle French vervelle, Old French verviele hinge, ring on a hawk's leash < Vulgar Latin *vertibellum, diminutive of Late Latin vertibulum, re-formation of Latin vertebra joint, vertebra

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Vervelle, ver-vel′, n. the loop that secured the camail in medieval armour.

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"I've always been told," cried old Vervelle, "that artists were baskets with holes in them."

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During this first sitting the Vervelle family became almost intimate with the worthy artist.

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"Monsieur Vervelle has been very extravagant," said Madame Vervelle, ostentatiously.

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Vervelle's friends now heard of nothing but the celebrated painter Fougeres.

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