cabree

noun

ca·​bree

variants or less commonly cabri or cabrie or cabrit

kəˈbrē,

ˈkabrē

or cabret

ˈkabrē

plural -s

: pronghorn

Word History

Etymology

Louisiana French cabri, from French, kid, from Old Provençal cabrit, from Late Latin capritus, from Latin capr-, caper goat

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

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