cofflen.
/ˈkɒf(ə)l/ A train of people or animals fastened together; spec. a gang of slaves chained and driven along together.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [noun] > a line or row > of persons or animals fastened together
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1799 M. Park Trav. Interior Districts Afr. 190 A coffle of fourteen asses loaded with salt.
1799 M. Park Trav. Interior Districts Afr. 192 I was met by a coffle of slaves about seventy in number.
1849 J. G. Whittier Christian Slave in Poems xiv The black slave-ship's foul and loathsome hell, And coffle's weary chain.
1873 E. E. Hale In his Name vi. 60 André came leading along the coffle of horses.
1880 Life Livingstone (L.M.S.) vi. 59 One who drove his coffle of slaves from the interior to the Portuguese settlements.
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