caplin

English

Etymology 1

Noun

caplin (plural caplins or caplin)

1. Alternative form of capelin
   • 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:

     Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkers overside, the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• capling

Noun

caplin (plural caplins)

1. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass that connect the handle and swingel.
   • 1832, The Sportsmen's Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine:

     no sooner had one snatched away the caplin, than another sprang out of the water at my hand, and actually caught a slight hold of my finger and thumb.

References

• “caplin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• clap in