catchpole

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkatʃpəʊl/

Noun

catchpole (plural catchpoles)

1. (obsolete) A taxman, one who gathers taxes.
2. A sheriff’s officer, usually one who arrests debtors.

Noun

catchpole (plural catchpoles)

1. (historical) An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach.
   • 1843, Henry Shaw, Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, W Pickering 1843:

     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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