taskable adjective 2noun 1forms 1 adjective2 •To which tasks can be assigned. •(US, no longer used) (of an enslaved person held on a plantation) Considered to be capable of performing labour, especially field labour.[The 16-year-old boy has] been taskable these 3 years past. — 1789 noun1 •(US, no longer used) On a plantation exploiting an enslaved labour force, a person considered to be capable of performing labour, especially field labour.The very young and the old were usually engaged in the house, while the full “taskables” were more profitably employed in the field. — 1937 formstaskables
