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Webster 1913 Edition


Cacolet


Caˊco-let′

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Noun.
[F.]
A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.

Definition 2024


cacolet

cacolet

See also: caçolet

English

Noun

cacolet (plural cacolets)

  1. One of a pair of chairs or litters mounted on a pack animal (horse, mule, camel)
  2. A single litter mounted on a pack animal.

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Related terms

  • dhooley, dhoolie

References

  • Katherine T. Barkley (1990) The Ambulance Exposition Press, ISBN 0-682-48983-2, 207 pages.

French

Etymology

From Occitan (Béarnaise) cacoulet, of uncertain origin.

Noun

cacolet m (plural cacolets)

  1. cacolet