catchpole
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See also: Catchpole
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old French chacepol (“one who chases fowls”) (or a northern variant thereof).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]catchpole (plural catchpoles)
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]catchpole (plural catchpoles)
- (historical) An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a person who would otherwise be out of reach.
- 1843, Henry Shaw, Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, W Pickering:
- The use of the catch-pole is said to have been to take horsemen in battle by the neck and drag them from their horses.
References
[edit]- “catchpole”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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