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Noun
/ˈkāˌpän/,/-pən/,
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capons, plural;
  1. A castrated domestic cock fattened for eating

  1. flesh of a castrated male chicken
  2. A capon is a castrated cockerel (rooster). Caponisation produces a bird prized for its tenderness, and takes the stringiness out of a cockerel's meat.
  3. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table
  4. (Capons) For those of you less familiar with traditional farm life, a capon is a neutered rooster. Its compensation for a life without hens is that its sole job is to eat itself plump on gourmet grains, until rotund enough to grace some fortunate person's dinner table. ...
  5. a rooster that has been castrated.
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  7. The culinary term for castrated chicken that is fed on a special diet until it is slaughtered at the age of 6 to 9 months. Considered by most to be the best eating chicken available.
  8. A castrated rooster that makes a good roasting bird. It ranges in size from four to ten pounds and has plenty of breast and thigh meat. Its size makes it an ideal choice for serving eight to twelve. Buying capon may prove to be difficult; try to special order it from your butcher.
  9. A surgically unsexed male chicken under 8 months of age that is tender-meated with soft pliable, smooth textured skin.
  10. A male chicken that has been castrated to improve its growth and the quality of its flesh for the table.
  11. [Polish] kapłon; [Finnish] lihotettu salvukukko; [Swedish] kapun
  12. a castrated rooster fattened for the market. They’re more difficult to obtain, but make an effort to find one. Very tender, larger and plumper.
  13. A young, neutered rooster, ranging in size from 4 to 10 pounds. A very good choice for roasting or stewing.
  14. A castrated cockerel fattened for eating. It is no longer legal to produce capons in the UK.
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  16. many landlords required each of their tenants to supply them with one or more capons (castrated cocks) at Michaelmas or Christmas, as one of the conditions of their lease. From the 18^th century, leases almost invariably provided for an alternative monetary payment, usually 1s or 2s per bird.