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Definition of Caponize
1. Verb. Convert a cock into a capon.
Generic synonyms: Castrate, Demasculinise, Demasculinize, Emasculate
Derivative terms: Capon, Capon
Definition of Caponize
1. v. t. To castrate, as a fowl.
Definition of Caponize
1. Verb. To castrate a cockerel in order to fatten it for table use. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caponize
1. to geld a rooster [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caponize
Literary usage of Caponize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Western Poultry Book by A. Basley (1912)
"It is not difficult to learn how to caponize. The tools or instruments necessary
are to be found at the poultry supply houses. ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"I shall now caponize a bird as a demonstration. ... Just as soon as you can tell
the cockerels from the pullets you should separate them and caponize them. ..."
3. Productive Poultry Husbandry: A Complete Text Dealing with the Principles by Harry Reynolds Lewis (1913)
"Neither ie it wise to caponize a bird when too young, for the organs are not ...
In determining the proper time to caponize, size should be the guide rather ..."
4. Capons for Profit by Tuisco Greiner (1903)
"Briefly, then, I would say: caponize cockerels weighing two to three pounds, ...
caponize the latter part of August, and first part of September, ..."
5. Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry for by United States Bureau of Animal Industry (1907)
"There are two reasons, then, why it is better to caponize surplus cockerels than
to raise them for market as such: (1) There is an increase in weight, ..."
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