Definition of Cale
{ Ca"pel (kā"p&ebreve;l), Ca"ple (-
p'l) }, n. [Icel. kapall; cf. L.
caballus.] A horse; a nag. [Obs.]
Chaucer. Holland.
Ca"ple (?), n. See
Capel.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (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
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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