gablock

English

Etymology

See gavelock.

Noun

gablock (plural gablocks)

1. A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.
   • 1746, John Collier, A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mar:

     stiff os a gablock

References

• “gablock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• backlog