[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A warm drink of sweetened or spiced wine or ale thickened with gruel or other ingredients, given chiefly to invalids, expectant mothers, etc., and (formerly) also to those visiting a mother following the birth of a child.


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English; earliest use found in The Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester. From Anglo-Norman caudel, Middle French (northern) caudel, cadel hot drink, broth, variant of Anglo-Norman chaudel, Old French chaudel (Middle French chadel, chaudel, chaudeau, French chaudeau) hot drink, broth, (chiefly northern) trick, prank from post-classical Latin caldellum hot spiced drink from classical Latin caldum, calidum, neuter of caldus, calidus warm + -ellum

[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To pamper, cosset, or overindulge (a person); = "coddle".

- To mix or mingle (something), as in a caudle.


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (in an earlier sense). From caudle