'Navel gall' definitions:

Definition of 'Navel gall'

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Navel \Na"vel\ (n[=a]"v'l), n. [AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle, Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. 'omfalo`s, Skr. n[=a]bh[imac]la. [root]260. See Nave hub, and cf. Omphalic, Nombril, Umbilical.]
1. (Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus; called also belly button in humans. See Umbilicus. [1913 Webster]
2. The central part or point of anything; the middle. [1913 Webster]
Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. [1913 Webster]
Navel gall, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. --Johnson.
Navel point. (Her.) Same as Nombril. [1913 Webster]