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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VARVELS, VERVELS

n.Silver rings about the legs of a hawk, on which the owner's name is engraved.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VARVEL

Var "vel, n. Etym: [F. vervelle.]

 

Defn: In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses. [Written also vervel. ]

 

VARVELED

VARVELED Var "veled, a.

 

Defn: Having varvels, or rings. [Written also varvelled, and vervelled.]

 

Note: In heraldry, when the jesses attached to the legs of hawks hang loose, or have pendent ends with rings at the tips, the blazon is a hawk (or a hawk's leg ) jessed and varveled.