📚 noun • entry_id 35295
catchpole
/ˈkatʃpəʊl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pertigal capturador • pértiga atrapadora
An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a person who would otherwise be out of reach.
The use of the catch-pole is said to have been to take horsemen in battle by the neck and drag them from their horses.
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