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Cabretta (f)

(with) definite article: la
kid ; ➺ remark(s) below
Chièvre

Literally "small goat", from a dialect form of "chèvre" [goat]; According to Paul Lacroix, "an 11th century synonym of Chevrie"; NB: ➺ related & similar terms.

Sources

Lacroix, Paul & Seré, Ferdinand: Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, histoire et description… en Europe, IV (Paris, 1851), deuxième partie; Instruments de musique, p.iv.

Utriculus, nuova serie XVI (54), II semestre 2017, Miscellanea zampognara, p.87-88: “Chevrelle, chièvre, chevrie, cabretta” (»Lacroix/Seré).

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Google books (Lacroix & Seré [Find chevrie [sic]: p.iv]).