† ornelObs.rare. [a. F. ornel, pl.ornaulx (14th–15th c. in Godef.).] A kind of rather soft white building stone. 1442in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 386 Fraughtage of x tonne of Ornell fro london vn to ye College.1443Ibid. 388 Fraught of Cj quarter and a-half of Ornel.