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coffle

/kaw-fuhl, kof-uhl/US // ˈkɔ fəl, ˈkɒf əl //UK // (ˈkɒfəl) //

硬币,棺材,棺材板,棺木

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a line of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained and driven along together.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    cof·fled, cof·fling.

    • : to chain in a coffle.

Examples

  • This sad and weeping fifty, in handcuffs and chains, was the last slave coffle that shall tread the soil of America.

  • He was collecting a coffle of slaves, with a view to sell them to the Europeans on the Gambia as soon as the rains should be over.

  • I found him sitting in his baloon, surrounded by several slatees who proposed to join the coffle.

  • Her load was taken from her and given to another slave, and she was ordered to keep in the front of the coffle.

  • One of the slaves, it seems, had hurt his foot, and the night being very dark they soon lost sight of the coffle.