Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fummel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fum-mel
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hinny (the hybrid of a male horse and a female donkey).

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"After the conclusion of the regular sport, a match, two miles, came off between a fummel (2 yrs old) and a pony (aged, which seemed to excite some interest from the large cavalcade of horsemen who followed them round the course. The fummel won easy."
"Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, […] fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, […] yearling draught colt and filly, pony, yearling fummel, mare ass in-foal to a pony, two waggons, […]"
"Twelve useful in-calf Short-horned Dairy Cows, eleven in-calf Heifers, eleven Stirks, […] half-bred Filly by Spotswood, Fummel, 50 inlamb Leicester Ewes, 20 Ewe Hogs, […] about 5 Acres of White Turnips to be sold in lots, […]"

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

fummels (plural) funnel (alternative) fummle (alternative)

Questions

What does fummel mean?: A hinny (the hybrid of a male horse and a female donkey).

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