moveable

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [Also spelled moveable.] [1913 Webster]

Furnished with the most rich and princely movables.— Evelyn.[1913 Webster]

2.(Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil. [1913 Webster]

Note: 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. [1913 Webster]

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. [Also spelled moveable.]

Syn: transferable, transferrable, transportable. [1913 Webster]

2.Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year. [1913 Webster]

Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.

Movable feast (Ecclesiastical), a holy day that changes date, depending on the lunar cycle. An example of such a day is Easter. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Syn: Syn. --, transferable, transferrable, transportable. [WordNet 1.5]