caple

From Old Norse kapall, from Latin caballus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪp(ə)l/

caple (plural caples)

1. (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.’

• Capel, Place, capel, clape, place

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡saplɛ/, [ˈt͡saplə]

caple

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