Mov"a*ble, n.; pl.
Movables (?). 1. An article
of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not
a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares;
furniture.
Furnished with the most rich and princely
movables.
Evelyn.
2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to
the soil.
☞ The word is not convertible with personal property,
since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are personal
property by our law are immovables by the Roman law.
Wharton.
Mov"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF.
movable. See Move.] 1. Capable of
being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any
way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed
or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.
2. Changing from one time to another; as,
movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of
which varies from year to year.
Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter
that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.