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gablock

gablock noun: a false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.

Noun

gablock (plural gablocks)

  1. A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.
    • stiff os a gablock1746, John Collier, A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mar

Forms of gablock

pluralgablocks

Origin of gablock

See gavelock.

Questions about gablock

What does gablock mean?
Gablock means a false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.
What part of speech is gablock?
Gablock is a noun.
What is the plural of gablock?
The plural of gablock is gablocks.

Words near gablock in the dictionary

  1. gablet
  2. gablets
  3. gablewise
  4. gabling
  5. gablings
  6. gablock
  7. gablocks
  8. GABOB
  9. Gabon
  10. Gabon viper
  11. Gabon vipers

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