English
Etymology
Old Norse kapall, from Latin caballus.
Pronunciation
IPA: /'keɪp(�)l/
Noun
caple
- (obsolete except in dialects) a horse
#:*Late C14: �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
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