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gaffle

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Noun — A lever employed to bend a crossbow.

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Etymology

Comes from Middle English gaffolle, itself borrowed from Middle Dutch gaffel, gafel (‘fork’), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (‘fork’); it is related to Old English gafol, ġeafel (‘fork’).

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