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covel n also coufle [phonetics unavailable]. Cp OED cowl
sb2 1 cuvel, etc (c1400-); EDD ~ sb 1 K Do for sense 1; EDD sb
2 ~ stick Do for sense 2.
1 A half-barrel or tub, freq
with handles or rope affixed to the sides or with holes for inserting a staff for two men
to carry; cp GULLY2 1.
1866 WILSON 347 ~ A barrel
with a strong stake passed through or near the upper hoops. 1896 J A Folklore ix,
36 ~ A tub made to hold blubber oil. 1925 Dial Notes v, 328 ~ a three-quarter
flour barrel, used in fish cleaning. 1937 DEVINE 15 ~ A sawn-off barrel with two handles
attached to the sides, used for carrying fish or fish offal. T 36/8-64 There's a hole in
the table about three inches in diameter, and a tub or a barrel—covel, they calls
it, liver covel. You'd pull out the gut, separate the liver and let the liver go down in
the barrel. M 71-117 A quick flick of the left hand ripped out the liver which was
deposited through a hole in the table to a tub called a covel.
2 Comb covel staff: pole put through holes in a tub
to support it on men's shoulders.
1891 Holly Branch 34 Had
I been present when the Prince committed that outrage on old Foley it would have been
worse for him than Mother Carter's bittle stock or old B's cuvvel staff.
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