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foale

foale is the obsolete form of foal.

Meaning of foal

Noun

foal (plural foals)

  1. A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
  2. (historical) A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.

See all 3 meanings of foal

Proper noun capitalized: Foale

Foale (plural Foales)

  1. A surname

Forms of foale

Noun
pluralfoales
Proper noun
pluralFoales

Questions about foale

What does foale mean?
Foale means a surname.
What is foale the obsolete form of?
Foale is the obsolete form of foal.
What part of speech is foale?
Foale is a proper noun.

Words near foale in the dictionary

  1. foaf
  2. FOAFs
  3. Foakaidhoo
  4. foal
  5. foal immunodeficiency syndrome
  6. foale
  7. foaled
  8. foales
  9. foalfoot
  10. foalfoots
  11. foalhood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foale (page history and authors); Foale (page history and authors); foal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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