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foal
/foʊl/
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What does foal mean?
noun
- A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
verb
- To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (historical) A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.
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IPA pronunciation
/foʊl/
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There is no very good way to tell whether a mare is in foal for some time.
It has been asserted that these are plainest in the foal, and from inquiries which I have made, I believe this to be true.
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The behaviour of the young colt and foal appeared very modest, and that of the master and mistress extremely cheerful and complaisant to their guest.
Several limes in the old garden had been cut down and a piebald mare and her foal were wandering in front of the house among the rosebushes.