† gafflen.

Forms: Also Middle English gaffolle, 1500s–1600s gaffel(l, 1600s gafel, geffel, 1700s gafle.

Etymology: probably < Dutch gaffel = Old English geafol , German gabel fork: see gable n.¹

Obsolete.

1. A steel lever for bending the crossbow.In modern dictionaries.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow > device for bending crossbow

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1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 110 Bowes v, Arowes v..Shot of ston for demy curtowes..clij, Gaffolles of iren..ij.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A gaffell, a racke or bender of a bow.

1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium vi. 52 My Crosse-bow in my Hand, my Gaffle or my Rack To bend it when I please.

1668 J. White Rich Cabinet (ed. 4) 119 Therefore it is good to have certain strong cross-bowes, to bend either with a rack, or a geffel [printed gessel].

1672 Compl. Gunner iii. xv. 12 Certain strong Cross-bows to bend with Racks or Gaffels.

1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)

1721–92 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

2. A rest for a musket: = fork n. 6b, forcat n.In Cent. Dict. The Dutch word had this sense among others, but English examples are wanting.

3. A steel spur for fighting cocks. (Cf. gaff n.¹ 3a and gablock n. 1.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > spur

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1755 J. N. Scott Bailey's Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Gaffles,..Artificial spurs put [on] cocks when set to fight.

1776 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1777) 379 (note) The Gafle is a mere modern Invention.

Derivatives

ˈgaffled adj. armed with ‘gaffles’ or spurs.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or relating to or like a cock > having specific physical characteristics

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1790 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday (1794) 8 We [cocks] assume the spatterdash and spur Gaffled and clad in brightly burnish'd steel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	gaffle
释义	† gafflen. Forms: Also Middle English gaffolle, 1500s–1600s gaffel(l, 1600s gafel, geffel, 1700s gafle. Etymology: probably < Dutch gaffel = Old English geafol , German gabel fork: see gable n.¹ Obsolete. 1. A steel lever for bending the crossbow.In modern dictionaries. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow > device for bending crossbow brakec1380 vicea1400 windas1443 tyllole1489 gaffle1497 rack1513 goat's footc1515 bending1530 crick1530 bender1684 garrot1824 moulinet1846 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 110 Bowes v, Arowes v..Shot of ston for demy curtowes..clij, Gaffolles of iren..ij. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A gaffell, a racke or bender of a bow. 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium vi. 52 My Crosse-bow in my Hand, my Gaffle or my Rack To bend it when I please. 1668 J. White Rich Cabinet (ed. 4) 119 Therefore it is good to have certain strong cross-bowes, to bend either with a rack, or a geffel [printed gessel]. 1672 Compl. Gunner iii. xv. 12 Certain strong Cross-bows to bend with Racks or Gaffels. 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) 1721–92 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 2. A rest for a musket: = fork n. 6b, forcat n.In Cent. Dict. The Dutch word had this sense among others, but English examples are wanting. 3. A steel spur for fighting cocks. (Cf. gaff n.¹ 3a and gablock n. 1.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > spur gablocksa1672 gaff1688 spur1688 gavelock1698 gafflet1714 gaffle1755 sickle- 1755 J. N. Scott Bailey's Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Gaffles,..Artificial spurs put [on] cocks when set to fight. 1776 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1777) 379 (note) The Gafle is a mere modern Invention. Derivatives ˈgaffled adj. armed with ‘gaffles’ or spurs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or relating to or like a cock > having specific physical characteristics combed1562 comblessa1616 gaffled1790 saddle-hackled1855 undubbed1855 1790 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday (1794) 8 We [cocks] assume the spatterdash and spur Gaffled and clad in brightly burnish'd steel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1497
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