catchpole

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English

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Etymology 1

From Old French chacepol (“one who chases fowls”) (or a northern variant thereof).

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Noun

catchpole (plural catchpoles)

  1. (obsolete) A taxman, one who gathers taxes.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 247:
      With two such catchpoles as Henry and Uncle Fred at his heels there was nothing left for Grandpa Piper but to sign his abdication to the drapery business.
  2. A sheriff’s officer, usually one who arrests debtors.
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Etymology 2

From catch +‎ pole.

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Noun

catchpole (plural catchpoles)

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