coffle

(kôf′əl, käf′-)

noun

a group of animals or slaves fastened together in a line, or driven along together

Origin: Ar qāfila, caravan

transitive verb coffled, coffling

to fasten together in or as in a coffle

See coffle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together in a line.

transitive verb cof·fled, cof·fling, cof·fles

To fasten together in a coffle.

Origin:

Origin: Arabic qāfila, caravan

Origin: , feminine active participle of qafala, to close, return; see qpl in Semitic roots

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