caple

See also: Caple

English

Etymology

From Old Norse kapall, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cheval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪp(ə)l/

Noun

caple (plural caples)

1. (obsolete or dialect) A horse.

Anagrams

• Capel, Place, capel, clape, place

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡saplɛ/, [ˈt͡saplə]

Noun

caple

1. inflection of capla:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle English

Noun

caple (plural caples)

1. horse
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     ‘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.’

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