CAPON


Meaning of CAPON in English

/kay"pon, -peuhn/ , n.

a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.

[ bef. 1000; ME; OE capun capon- (s. of capo ) castrated cock; akin to Gk kóptein to cut, OCS skopiti to castrate ]

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