coffle
/ˈkɒf(ə)l
/noun literary
A line of animals or slaves fastened or driven along together.She'd known something was different when the coffle of slaves had taken a different turn in the endless maze of corridors....
- They were not gentle as they bound her arms behind her, gagged her, and fastened her into the coffle.
- She and the men on the coffle are able to plan an uprising together and that action binds them forever in friendship.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from Arabic qāfila 'caravan'.