Capon

(kā'pn, or kā'pun) (Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. capo, Gr. κάπων, Pr. & Sp. capon, Fr. chapon, It. cappone, A. S. capun, D. kapoen, Dan. & Sw. kapun, Ger. kapun.] A castrated cock; a cock chicken gelded for the purpose of improving his flesh for the table. “The merry-thought of a capon.” W. Irving.