chaponner

== French == === Etymology === Derived from chapon +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.pɔ.ne/ === Verb === chaponner to caponize, castrate (a cockerel) (Louisiana) to castrate (dated) to cut (the ears, etc.) off (of a hide, as part of tanning it) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “chaponner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012