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coffle

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cof⋅fle

  [kaw-fuhl, kof-uhl] noun, verb, ‑fled, ‑fling.
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–noun
1. a line of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained and driven along together.
–verb (used with object)
2. to chain in a coffle.
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cof·fle   (kô'fəl, kŏf'əl)   
n.  A group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together in a line.
tr.v.   cof·fled, cof·fling, cof·fles
To fasten together in a coffle.

[Arabic qāfila, caravan, feminine active participle of qafala, to close, return; see qpl in Semitic roots.]
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