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plural foals
A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old. examples
(mining, historical) A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.
third-person singular simple present foals, present participle foaling, simple past and past participle foaled
(transitive, intransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. quotations examples
All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled.
1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […]
"Well," said John, "I don't believe there is a better pair of horses in the country, and right grieved I am to part with them, but they are not alike; the black one is the most perfect temper I ever knew; I suppose he has never known a hard word or a blow since he was foaled, and all his pleasure seems to be to do what you wish […]
1877, Anna Sewell, “Chapter 22”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […]