Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPELLET

n.A kind of swelling, like a wen, growing on the heel of the hock on a horse, and on the point of the elbow.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAPELLE

Ca *pel "le, n. Etym: [G.] (Mus. )

 

Defn: The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.

 

CAPELLET

Cap "el *let, n. Etym: [F. capelet.] (Far. )

 

Defn: A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock ) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying dowm.