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cacolet

UK/kakolɛ/

cacolet noun: an open chair mounted to one side of a pack animal, balanced by another on the other side.

cacolet: an open chair mounted to one side of a pack animal, balanced by another on the other side
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Noun

cacolet (plural cacolets)

  1. An open chair mounted to one side of a pack animal, balanced by another on the other side.
  2. (especially, historical) A stretcher mounted on a pack animal similarly or singly.

Forms of cacolet

pluralcacolets

Origin of cacolet

From French cacolet, from Béarnais Occitan cacoulet (“mule chair”).

Questions about cacolet

What does cacolet mean?
Cacolet means an open chair mounted to one side of a pack animal, balanced by another on the other side.
What part of speech is cacolet?
Cacolet is a noun.
How do you pronounce cacolet?
Cacolet is pronounced /kakolɛ/ (UK).
What is the plural of cacolet?
The plural of cacolet is cacolets.

Words near cacolet in the dictionary

  1. cacographers
  2. cacographic
  3. cacographical
  4. cacographies
  5. cacography
  6. cacolet
  7. cacolets
  8. cacologies
  9. cacology
  10. cacomagic
  11. cacomagical

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