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Definition of Cacolets
1. cacolet [n] - See also: cacolet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacolets
Literary usage of Cacolets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"cacolets (caque au lait), copied from the Pyrenean dairy folk, are really slung
... A pair of cacolets weigh about 56 Ibs., and cost about £$ per pair. ..."
2. Gunshot Injuries, Their History, Characteristic Features, Complications, and by Thomas Longmore (1895)
"These cacolets are made of wrought-iron and are simply folding-chairs, ...
Mule Litter. of cacolets is 56 Ibs. ; the weight of the present general service ..."
3. A Report to the Surgeon General on the Transport of Sick and Wounded by Pack by George Alexander Otis (1877)
"341) his experience of transport by mule-litters and cacolets: "Those who know
... The Austrian corps using the cacolets only ns an auxiliary means for the ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1891)
"Many camels having been killed, the cacolets which they had carried had to be
abandoned. At 3 pm, the wounded (15 officers and 56 men) having been arranged ..."
5. Army Hygiene by Charles Alexander Gordon (1866)
"20 pairs of cacolets or litters = 20 mules = 40 sick. ... All cacolets should
like the French, be asunder from the park saddles. RESERVE AT HEAD QUARTERS. ..."
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