gaffle.
A lever used to bend a crossbow.
Meaning & usage
A lever used to bend a crossbow.
A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
A portable fork of iron or wood in which the heavy musket formerly in use was rested that it might be accurately aimed and fired.
a fork in an orienteering race.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gaffolle, a borrowing from Middle Dutch gaffel, gafel (“fork”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”), related to Old English gafol, ġeafel (“fork”).
To equip with a gaffle or similar weapon.
to include a gaffle in an orienteering race.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gaffolle, a borrowing from Middle Dutch gaffel, gafel (“fork”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”), related to Old English gafol, ġeafel (“fork”).
To grab or seize
To get hold of, to find.
To arrest for criminal activity.
To steal
To swindle or bully (someone)
To talk without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to babble.
Where this word comes from
Blend of gaff + grapple.
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