cof·fle (kô f l, k fl)n. A group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together in a line. tr.v. cof·fled, cof·fling, cof·fles To fasten together in a coffle. [Arabic q  fila, caravan, feminine active participle of qafala, to close, return; see qpl in Semitic roots.] |
coffle [ˈkɒfəl]
n
(esp formerly) a line of slaves, beasts, etc., fastened together
[from Arabic qāfilah caravan]
Coffle a train of slaves or of beasts driven along together.
Examples: coffle of asses, 1799; of beasts; of horses, 1873; of slaves, 1799.
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