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noun
An open chair mounted to one side of a pack animal, balanced by another on the other side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A stretcher mounted on a pack animal similarly or singly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, historical
Topics: government, medicine, military, politics, sciences, war
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History
From French cacolet, from Béarnais Occitan cacoulet (“mule chair”).
Across languages
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