Obs. [app. corruptions of CAPPADOCHIO.] The stocks; prison.
1600. Heywood, 1 Edw. IV., IV. iv. Wks. 1874, I. 72. My son’s in Dybel here, in Caperdochy, itha gaol. Ibid., I. I. 86. He’s in Capperdochy, Ned, in Stafford Jail, for a robbery.
1663. Butler, Hud., II. I. (1664) 39/832. I here engage my self to loose yee, And free your heels from Caperdewsie.
