Obs. [f. CAPON + -ET: prob. OF.; mod.F. has chaponneau.] A little or young capon.
1570. Levins, Manip., 93. A caponet, of capon, capunculus.
1619. H. Hutton, Follies Anat. (1842), 21. To shelter the scorcht caponet or hen.
1708. Motteux, Rabelais, IV. lix. (1737), 243. Caponets, Caviar and Toast.
