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keffel

keffel noun: a horse.

Noun

keffel (plural keffels)

  1. (Wales, obsolete) A horse.
    • A short stop, but no refreshment. Such baits are frequently given by the natives of the principality to their keffels, or horses, particularly after climbing a hill.1824, Thomas Fielding, Select Proverbs of All Nations, page 132
    • Two keffels had been bespoke of our host, but as no time was to be lost in catching 'em, we mounted four men on two horses and once more traversed the rocky boggy plain to the hill-foot, just at which we met the keffels descending from the mountains.1845, Thomas Forster, Philosophia Musarum, page 164

Forms of keffel

pluralkeffels

Origin of keffel

From Welsh ceffyl.

Questions about keffel

What does keffel mean?
Keffel means a horse.
What part of speech is keffel?
Keffel is a noun.
What is the plural of keffel?
The plural of keffel is keffels.

Words near keffel in the dictionary

  1. Kefalovryssi
  2. Kefalovryssion
  3. keffekil
  4. keffekilite
  5. keffekill
  6. keffel
  7. keffels
  8. Keffer
  9. Keffers
  10. keffiyah
  11. keffiyahs

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