"coffle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒfl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔfl̩/ [US], /ˈkɑfl̩/ [Canada, US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-au-coffle.ogg [Australia], en-us-coffle.ogg [US] Forms: coffles [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila, “caravan”). Doublet of cafila. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|قَافِلَة||caravan}} Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila, “caravan”), {{doublet|en|cafila}} Doublet of cafila, {{root|en|ar|ق ف ل}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} coffle (plural coffles)
  1. A line of people or animals fastened together, especially a chain of prisoners or slaves. Categories (topical): Slavery Translations (a line of people or animals fastened together): верени́ца (vereníca) [feminine] (Russian), карава́н (karaván) [masculine] (Russian), цепо́чка (cepóčka) [feminine] (Russian), cáfila [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-coffle-en-noun-UvAPXJP7 Disambiguation of Slavery: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kaffle

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒfl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔfl̩/ [US], /ˈkɑfl̩/ [Canada, US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-au-coffle.ogg [Australia], en-us-coffle.ogg [US] Forms: coffles [present, singular, third-person], coffling [participle, present], coffled [participle, past], coffled [past]
Etymology: From Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila, “caravan”). Doublet of cafila. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|قَافِلَة||caravan}} Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila, “caravan”), {{doublet|en|cafila}} Doublet of cafila, {{root|en|ar|ق ف ل}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} coffle (third-person singular simple present coffles, present participle coffling, simple past and past participle coffled)
  1. (transitive) To fasten (a line of people or animals) together. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-coffle-en-verb-yjsQaDwC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kaffle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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