foal
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- unfoaled adjective
Etymology
Origin of foal
before 950; (noun) Middle English fole, Old English fola; cognate with Old High German folo ( German Fohlen ); akin to Latin pullus young animal, Greek pôlos foal; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
Example Sentences
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At Torak’s feet lay a dead foal, its small hooves still crusted with river clay from its final drink.
From Literature
Making "Year of the Horse" stuffed toys in a workshop, an employee accidentally stitched the festive foal's mouth on upside-down -- turning its cheerful expression into a gloomy frown.
From Barron's
Two weeks before, unforgettably terribly, there had been a unicorn foal, pure gold, stillborn.
From Literature
Two horses were dead when he arrived, including a foal that appeared stillborn or miscarried.
From Los Angeles Times
A brown foal with a white stripe on its muzzle teetered on toothpick legs.
From Los Angeles Times
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