Obs. [f. CAPON + -ET: prob. OF.; mod.F. has chaponneau.] A little or young capon.

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1570.  Levins, Manip., 93. A caponet, of capon, capunculus.

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1619.  H. Hutton, Follies Anat. (1842), 21. To shelter the scorcht caponet or hen.

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1708.  Motteux, Rabelais, IV. lix. (1737), 243. Caponets, Caviar and Toast.

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