caple
See also: Caple
English
Etymology
From Old Norse kapall, from Latin caballus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeɪp(ə)l/
Noun
caple (plural caples)
- (obsolete or dialectal) A horse.
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale
- ‘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.’
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale
Anagrams
- Capel, Place, capel, clape, place
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡saplɛ/, [ˈt͡saplə]
Noun
caple
- inflection of capla:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural