coffle
/ˈkɒf(ə)l
/noun literary
A line of animals or slaves fastened or driven along together.She'd known something was different when the coffle of slaves had taken a different turn in the endless maze of corridors....
- They were not gentle as they bound her arms behind her, gagged her, and fastened her into the coffle.
- She and the men on the coffle are able to plan an uprising together and that action binds them forever in friendship.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from Arabic qāfila 'caravan'.
Rhymes
- head mold
- head molding
- head-mold-shot
- head money
- headmost
- head mould
- head moulding
- head-mould-shot
- headmount
- head-mounted
- head net
- head netting
- head nodding
- head noise
- headnote
- head noun
- head nurse
- head office
- head of hair
- head of house
- head of state
- head-on
- head (or cut) someone/thing off at the pass
- head over heels
- head penny