gablock

English

Etymology

See gavelock.

Noun

gablock (plural gablocks)

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

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