ETYM Old Fren. chatel; another form of catel. Related to Cattle.
Any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc); SYN. personal chattel.
Hans, eigtl. H. Békessy, 1911, [a] 1977, dt. Publizist u. Schriftst. (Unterhaltungsromane u. Berichte).