“coffle”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

coffle

释义

coffle|ˈkɒf(ə)l|
Also kaffle.
[ad. Arab. qāfilah caravan, travelling company; see cafila.]
A train of men or beasts fastened together; spec. a gang of slaves chained and driven along together.
1799M. Park Trav. Africa 190 A coffle of fourteen asses loaded with salt.Ibid. 192, I was met by a coffle of slaves about seventy in number.1849Whittier Poems, Chr. Slave xiv, The black slave-ship's foul and loathsome hell, And coffle's weary chain.1873Hale In His Name vi. 60 André came leading along the coffle of horses.1880Life Livingstone (L.M.S.) vi. 59 One who drove his coffle of slaves from the interior to the Portuguese settlements.

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