gaffle
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Meaning
- noun A lever used to bend a crossbow.
- noun A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
- noun 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.
- noun a fork in an orienteering race.
- verb To equip with a gaffle or similar weapon.
- verb to include a gaffle in an orienteering race.
- verb To grab or seize
- verb To get hold of, to find.
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