Capon /(kā"p'n [or] kā"pŭn; 277)/

Ca·pon

Capon

n.
  1. A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.
    The merry thought of a capon.

Capon

v. t.
  1. To castrate; to make a capon of.