Kegel

German (Berlin)

/ˈkeːɡəl/

noun
Definitions
  • skittle, ninepin, bowling pin; pin
  • (by extension) any heap or peak of conical or pyramidal shape, especially of feces, hay, brushwood, of mountains and of the tip of a helmet
  • (mathematics) cone
  • (obsolete) ruffian, bastard illegitimate son

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German chegil.

Origin

Old High German

chegil

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