1. a group of enslaved people chained together for transport
Usage: historical

1. to chain together in a coffle
Usage: historical

Examples

• The museum exhibit displayed artifacts from slave coffles that traveled the trade routes.
• Historical records describe the brutal conditions of coffles moving westward.
• Traders would coffle enslaved people before long journeys to prevent escape.
• The coffle stretched for miles along the dusty road.
• Documents show how merchants would coffle their human cargo for transport to markets.
• The historical society preserved accounts of coffle routes through the region.