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Caple
{
, Ca′pel
(kā′pĕl)
, Ca′ple
(-p’l)
}Noun.
[Icel.
kapall
; cf. L. caballus
.] A horse; a nag.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Holland.
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English
Noun
caple (plural caples)
- (obsolete except in dialects) a horse
- Late 14th century: ‘Herkne, my broþer, herkne, by þy feiþ! / Herestow nat how þat þe cartere seiþ? / Hent it anon, for he haþ yeve it þee,/ Boþe hey and cart, and eek his caples þre.’ — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale