foal
Plural: foals
Noun
- a young horse
- A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
- A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.
Verb
Verb Forms: foaled, foaling, foals
- To give birth to a young horse, donkey, or zebra.
- give birth to a foal
- "the mare foaled"
- To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.
Examples
- She managed to foal a seven-letter word on her last turn, clinching the Scrabble victory.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English fole, from Old English fola, from Proto-West Germanic *folō, from Proto-Germanic *fulô, from pre-Germanic *pl̥Hon-, from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- (“animal young”) (cognate with Saterland Frisian Foole, West Frisian fôle, foalle, Dutch veulen, German Low German Fohl, German Fohlen, Fohle, Swedish fåle; compare also Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), Latin pullus, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”). Related to filly.
Scrabble Score: 7
foal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfoal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
foal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary