different between arvel vs varvel

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arvel (plural arvels)

arvel

From Old French vervelle (“falcon's leg fetter”), from Vulgar Latin derivation of Latin vertibulum (“joint”).

varvel (plural varvels)

(falconry, heraldry) A metal ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to a hawk's jesses. Used for identifying birds.
- 1894 — James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, s.v. Falcon.
  To the jesses, it is said, are attached the varvels, sometimes written vervels, or rings.

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