Home › Words › G › gablockgablockgablock means A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.EtymologySee gavelock.nounA false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.e.g.“stiff os a gablock” — 1746, John Collier, A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mar:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cockspur 66% match — A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock. vs gablock →cockfight 62% match — A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs vs gablock →gaffle 62% match — A lever used to bend a crossbow. vs gablock →spurgall 58% match — A gall caused by use of the spur. vs gablock →gavelock 57% match — A spear or dart. vs gablock →cockfighting 56% match — A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death. vs gablock →cockmatch 55% match — A cockfight. vs gablock →gambrel 55% match — The hind leg of a horse; the hock. vs gablock →