kevil

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A lot (object used to determine a question by chance or independently of human choice).

   “1887, Transactions of the Buchan Field Club, Volumes 1-2, Buchan Field Club, page 176, "Casting the kevils" was and still is a common mode of deciding a thing.”

2. isim A sturdy belaying pin for the heavier cables of a ship.

   “The following new ones will have to be supplied: Two pairs of sheave chocks similar to those now in use on board, and twelve large kevils at least four feet long and of heavy pattern.”