[kawd-l] 
| a warm drink for the sick, as of wine or ale mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, spices, etc. |
| cau·dle (kôd'l) n. A warm drink consisting of wine or ale mixed with sugar, eggs, bread, and various spices, sometimes given to ill persons. [Middle English caudel, from Old North French, from Medieval Latin caldellus, from Latin caldum, hot drink, from caldus, calidus, warm, hot; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.] |