What does caudle mean?
Caudle means A drink given to the sick, consisting of ale or wine, bread, and eggs..
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/ˈkɔːdəl/ · noun
A drink given to the sick, consisting of ale or wine, bread, and eggs..
Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?
A venerable lady, known as Great-Aunt Grantley, who had money to bequeath to the Heir, and whom Adrian called The Eighteenth Century, occupied with Hippias the back ground of the house, and shared her caudles with him.
Will the cold brook, / Candied with ice, caudle thy morning taste, / To cure thy o'ernight's surfeit?
Use caudle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Caudle means A drink given to the sick, consisting of ale or wine, bread, and eggs..
Common synonyms include posset.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?
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