Foal

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /fəʊl/, /fɔʊl/
• GenAm IPA: /foÊŠl/
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Origin

Old English fola, from Proto-Germanic *fulô, from pre-Germanic *pl̥Hon-, from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- ‘animal young’ (compare Ancient Greek πώλος, Latin pullus, Albanian pelë ‘mare’, Armenian ul ‘kid, fawn’).

Full definition of foal

Noun

1. A young (male or female) horse, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

Verb

1. (equestrian) To give birth; to bear offspring.
• 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22"Well," said John, "I don't believe there is a better pair of horses in the country, and right grieved I am to part with them, but they are not alike; the black one is the most perfect temper I ever knew; I suppose he has never known a hard word or a blow since he was foaled, and all his pleasure seems to be to do what you wish...

Anagrams

• AFOL, loaf, Olaf