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English
Etymology
From Old Norse kapall, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cheval.
Pronunciation
Noun
caple (plural caples)
- (obsolete or dialect) A horse.
Anagrams
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
caple
- inflection of capla:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Middle English
Noun
caple (plural caples)
- horse
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
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‘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.’- (please add an English translation of this quotation)