| 单词 |
keffel |
| 释义 |
ˈkeffel dial. and obs. slang. Also 7–8 keffal, 8 kefield, 9 kephel. [a. Welsh ceffyl horse: see caple.] A horse, esp. a sorry horse.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Keffal, a Horse. 1706E. Ward Hud. Rediv. I. xii. 26 At last a Negro Devil came On a dun Kefield, blind and lame. 1748Richardson Clarissa II. xx. 130 Old Robin at a distance, on his roan Keffel. c1825Houlston Tracts II. xlviii. 3 Thomas Shelton's kephels are so thin and weak, they can hardly lift one leg after the other. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Keffel, a sorry, worthless horse. |

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