foal (fōl) n. The young offspring of a horse or other equine animal, especially one under a year old. intr.v.
foaled, foal·ing, foals To give birth to a foal.
[Middle English fole, from Old English fola; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.]
O.E. fola, from P.Gmc. *fulon (cf. O.H.G. folo, O.N. foli, O.Fris. fola, M.H.G. vole, Ger. Fohlen, Goth. fula), from PIE >*poul-/*pul- "young animal" (cf. Gk. polos "foal," L. pullus "a young animal").