Obs. [ad. L. capreolus (in same senses), dim. of capreus roe, f. caper goat.]
1. A kind of deer; a roebuck or variety of it.
1655. Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 155. Of all Venison, Roebuck and Capreol beareth away the Bell.
2. A tendril. [Cf. It. capriolo.]
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, V. xxx. 589. A kind of Cucumber … full of Capreoles or clasping tendrelles.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., II. s.v. Sallet, The Capreols, Tendrels and Claspers of Vines.
