Present participle of caponise (British spelling): the act of castrating roosters.
From caponise + -ing (present participle suffix). The -ing suffix comes from Old English and marks ongoing or continuous action.
The practice of caponising became so common in medieval Europe that it was often one of the first specialized skills children learned on farms—it was as essential as learning to milk cows!
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