Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gavelock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gavelock \Gav"e*lock\, n. [OE. gaveloc a dart, AS. gafeluc; cf.
Icel. gaflok, MHG. gabil?t, OF. gavelot, glavelot, F.
javelot, Ir. gabhla spear, W. gaflach fork, dart, E. glave,
gaff]
1. A spear or dart. [R. & Obs.]
2. An iron crow or lever. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
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