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Rich is correct: A "cavil" --more comonly called a "kevel"--is a strong
timber or cleat to which large ropes are attatched. (Webster 1913) In sailing
ships these were usually bolted or pinned between two frames and mooring
lines were wraped around them. No were in the definition or photos of these
on traditional ships is there a hawse pipe or hole between the horns,
although I suspect that there could have easily been some kevels, which had a
hole in the hull so that the mooring lines would not go over the railing, as
they normally did.
>From the French "Keville": peg or cleat. (Rogers: Origin of Sea Terms)
The word "cavil" in modern dictinionaries: "Cavil" means to object when there
is little reason to: N. a minor fault finding; Quibble. :-)
Bob Austin
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