catchpole
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkatʃpəʊl/
Etymology 1
From Old French chacepol (“one who chases fowls”) (or a northern variant thereof).
Alternative forms
Noun
catchpole (plural catchpoles)
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Alternative forms
- catch-pole
Noun
catchpole (plural catchpoles)
- (historical) An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach.
- 1843, Henry Shaw, Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, W Pickering 1843:
- 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.
- 1843, Henry Shaw, Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, W Pickering 1843:
See also
References
- catchpole in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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