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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English fole, from Old English fola, from Proto-West Germanic *folō, from Proto-Germanic *fulô, from pre-Germanic *pl̥Hon-, from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- (“animal young”) (cognate with Saterland Frisian Foole, West Frisian fôle, foalle, Dutch veulen, German Low German Fohl, German Fohlen, Fohle, Swedish fåle; compare also Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), Latin pullus, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”). Related to filly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊl/, [fɔʊɫ]
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /fɐʉl/, [fɔʊɫ]
- (General American) IPA(key): /foʊl/, [foɫ]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊl
Noun
[edit]foal (plural foals)
- A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
- (mining, historical) A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.
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[edit]young horse
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Verb
[edit]foal (third-person singular simple present foals, present participle foaling, simple past and past participle foaled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
- All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled.
- [1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 102:
- "Well," said John, "I don't believe there is a better pair of horses in the country, and right grieved I am to part with them, but they are not alike; the black one is the most perfect temper I ever knew; I suppose he has never known a hard word or a blow since he was foaled, and all his pleasure seems to be to do what you wish; […]
Translations
[edit]give birth (equestrian)
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