Definitions for: Capon

[n] castrated male chicken
[n] flesh of a castrated male chicken

Webster (1913) Definition: Ca"pon, n. [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. cap?n (cf. F.
chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. ? akin to ? to cut, OSlav. skopiti
to casrate. CF. Comma.]
A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded
to improve his flesh for the table. --Shak.

The merry thought of a capon. --W. Irving.

Ca"pon, v. t.
To castrate; to make a capon of.

See Also: chicken, chicken, Gallus gallus, poulet, volaille

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