"gavelock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gavelocks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English gavelock, from Old English gafeluc (“spear, javelin”), from gafol (“fork”) + -uc (diminutive suffix). Compare Old Norse gaflak, Icelandic gaflok, Old French gavelot, glavelot, French javelot, Irish gabhal (“fork”), Welsh gaflach (“fork, dart”). More at gaff, gaffle and javelin. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰeh₁bʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|gavelock}} Middle English gavelock, {{inh|en|ang|gafeluc||spear, javelin}} Old English gafeluc (“spear, javelin”), {{m|ang|gafol||fork}} gafol (“fork”), {{m|ang|-uc|pos=diminutive suffix}} -uc (diminutive suffix), {{cog|non|gaflak}} Old Norse gaflak, {{cog|is|gaflok}} Icelandic gaflok, {{cog|fro|gavelot}} Old French gavelot, {{m|fro|glavelot}} glavelot, {{cog|fr|javelot}} French javelot, {{cog|ga|gabhal|t=fork}} Irish gabhal (“fork”), {{cog|cy|gaflach||fork, dart}} Welsh gaflach (“fork, dart”), {{l|en|gaff}} gaff, {{l|en|gaffle}} gaffle, {{l|en|javelin}} javelin Head templates: {{en-noun}} gavelock (plural gavelocks)
  1. (rare, obsolete) A spear or dart. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-gavelock-en-noun-gAta8qcn
  2. (obsolete, Scotland) An iron crowbar. Tags: Scotland, obsolete Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-gavelock-en-noun-Gtf9Vuqz Disambiguation of Weapons: 29 71 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ock Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ock: 27 73

Inflected forms

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