chat ‧ tel /ˈtʃætl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: chatel 'property' , from Latin capitalis ; ⇨ ↑ capital 2 ]
law old-fashioned a piece of personal property that you can move from one place to another:
a society in which women are considered to be chattels
⇨ ↑ goods and chattels