gaffle

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Noun

gaffle (plural gaffles)

1. (obsolete) A lever used to bend a crossbow.
2. A steel spur attached to a gamecock.
3. (historical, artillery) A portable fork of iron or wood in which the heavy musket formerly in use was rested that it might be accurately aimed and fired.

Verb

gaffle (gaffles, present participle gaffling; past and past participle gaffled)

1. To seize
2. To steal
3. To talk incessantly without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to banter.

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