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Definition of caple:

°(obsolete except in dialects) a horse.
"Late C14: 'Herkne, my bro?er, herkne, by ?y fei?! / Herestow nat how ?at ?e cartere sei?? / Hent it anon, for he ha? yeve it ?ee,/ Bo?e hey and cart, and eek his caples ?re.' -- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale"

Definition of caple:

°(obsolete except in dialects) a horse.
"Late C14: 'Herkne, my bro?er, herkne, by ?y fei?! / Herestow nat how ?at ?e cartere sei?? / Hent it anon, for he ha? yeve it ?ee,/ Bo?e hey and cart, and eek his caples ?re.' -- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale"

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