foal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a young horse
  2. verb give birth to a foal
    • the mare foaled

WordNet

Foal noun
Etymology
OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G. fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw Lf?le, Gr.?????, L. pullus a young animal. Cf. Filly, Poultry, Pullet.
Definitions
  1. (Zoö.) The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidæ); a colt; a filly.
Foal transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Foaled ; present participle & verbal noun Foaling
Definitions
  1. To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.
Foal intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.

Webster 1913