cacolet

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UK/kakolɛ/UK/kakolɛt/

noun

An open chair mounted to one side of a pack animal, balanced by another on the other side.

OriginFrench cacolet ← Occitan cacoulet →
First used 1878Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nouncacolet (plural cacolets)

plural cacolets

  1. An open chair mounted to one side of a pack animal, balanced by another on the other side.
  2. especiallyhistoricalgovernmentA stretcher mounted on a pack animal similarly or singly.First known use 1878

Synonyms & antonyms

Narrower
mule chairkajawah

Origin

  1. Occitancacoulet“mule chair”
  2. Frenchcacolet
  3. Englishcacolet

From French cacolet, from Béarnais Occitan cacoulet (“mule chair”).

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Translations

Spanish artolas
  • artolasA twinned chair mounted on a pack animal

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Calcote
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APA

cacolet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacolet

MLA

“cacolet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacolet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cacolet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacolet.

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