An obsolete Welsh English term for a horse, now entirely archaic. The word reflects the long-standing linguistic contact between Welsh and English in Wales. The keffel appears in period literature and dialect records as a term for a horse, often an old or poor-quality one.
The old keffel was too tired to carry more than a light pack across the mountain pass.
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(Wales, obsolete) A horse.
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