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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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
“We were unable to find the little foals. And several of the other ones, we tried unsuccessfully to catch and treat. It’s difficult because they live in the wild,” Cheatham said.
From Los Angeles Times
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