foal

A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.

To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.

All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled.

"Well," said John, "I don't believe there is a better pair of horses in the country, and right grieved I am to part with them, but they are not alike; the black one is the most perfect temper I ever knew; I suppose he has never known a hard word or a blow since he was foaled, and all his pleasure seems to be to do what you wish; […]