CAUDLE


Meaning of CAUDLE in English

/kawd"l/ , n.

a warm drink for the sick, as of wine or ale mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, spices, etc.

[ 1250-1300; ME caudel caldellum, equiv. to L calid ( um ) warmed watered wine (n. use of neut. of calidus warm) + -ellum dim. suffix; see -ELLE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .