bozal
/boʊˈzæl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative letter-case form of bozal.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of bozal.
noun
A (black) slave recently brought to a (European, especially Spanish) colony from Africa.
noun
Alternative form of bosal (“noseband on a horse”).
adj
Of a slave, recently brought to a colony from Africa.
Example Sentences
- "I was assured that the labour of eight emancipated Africans was considered equal to that of twelve apprenticed labourers born in the colony; and on the same principle, a Bozal African, fresh from one of the market places of the Havana, commands an average price of twenty-four ounces of gold when sold by retail"
- "They were libelled for salvage by the officers who took them up, and libelled as property by the miscreants called Spanish gentlemen who had bought them in Cuba, knowing them to be Bozal negroes fresh from Africa."
- "it was occasioned by the loss of so many valuable Bozals, or newly imported Africans"
- "The more tightly these nosebands are attached, the more the horse is likely to raise his head and nose. For ordinary pleasure riding, attach this equipment to allow one or two fingers sideways between the bozal and the underside of the jaw."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bozal
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
salt water slave
bossale