domable

comparative more domable · superlative most domable

1. obsoleterareCapable of being tamed; tameable, domesticable.

   Domáble, a. Tameable, conquerable, domable, susceptive of taming.

   [1831, Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, edited by M[ateo] Seoane, Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages; […] In Two Volumes, 5th edition, volumes I (Spanish and English), London: Printed for Longman, Rees, and Co. [et al.], →OCLC, page 336

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   And this may alſo bee the reaſon, why God preſenting all other creatures to the preſence of man, he did not likewiſe bring him the fiſhes as well as the beaſts of all ſpecies and kindes, because the beaſts being domable, and eaſie to be tamed by man (at leaſtway whiles man was ſubject to God) might serue for the vſe of man, while man was not diſobedient to God: […]

   1617, [John Salkeld], A Treatise of Paradise. And the Principall Contents thereof: […] , London: Printed by Edward Griffin for Nathaniel Butter, →OCLC, page 188

   Alpaca. (Camelus Pacos,) also Paco. […] This animal, like the camel, is domable, and will carry from seven to nine stone; it will fall on its knees for the convenient reception and exoneration of its burthen.

   1815, Antonio de Alcedo, “Provincial Terms, &c.”, in G[eorge] A[lexander] Thompson, editor, The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies. Containing and Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, […] In Five Volumes, volume V, London: Printed for the author, and published by Carpenter and Son, […]; [et al.], →OCLC, page 8

   Synonyms: domesticable, domesticatable, tamable, tameable · Antonyms: undomesticable, undomesticatable, untamable, untameable