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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COFFLE

Cof "fle, n. Etym: [Ar. kafala caravan. ]

 

Defn: A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

coffle

cof fle |ˈkôfəl, ˈkäfəl ˈkɔfəl | ▶noun a line of animals or slaves fastened or driven along together. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Arabic ḳāfila ‘caravan. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

coffle

coffle |ˈkɒf (ə )l | ▶noun literary a line of animals or slaves fastened or driven along together. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Arabic qāfila ‘caravan ’.