כָּבַל, [to press, to impede, whence כֶּבֶל the foot-chain; denom. כָּבַל] to chain. Gen. R. s. 87 כּוֹבַלְתְּךָ אני I have the power to put thee in chains. Tanḥ. Thazr. 8 מביא וכוֹבְלוֹ … he orders chains and chains him.—Part. pass. כָּבוּל, f. כְּבוּלָה, pl. כְּבוּלוֹת tied, prevented, esp. sheep prevented from conceiving by having their tails tied down. Sabb. V, 2 רחלות יוצאות … כ׳ ewes may be led out (on the Sabbath) … tied up; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 1 כ׳ שלא יעלה עליהן זכר. Sabb. 54ᵃ מאי כ׳ שכּוֹבְלִין אליה וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שמְכַבְּלִין) what is k’buloth? They tie their tails downward &c. Ib. מאי משמע דהאי כבול וכ׳ where is the evidence that kabul has the meaning of sterility? (Answ. ref. to I Kings IX, 13, v. next w.); Y. ib. V, 7ᵇ bot.