From Middle English gavelock, from Old English gafeluc (“spear, javelin”), from gafel (“fork”) + -uc (diminutive suffix); compare Icelandic gaflok, Middle High German, Old French gavelot, glavelot, Frenchjavelot, Irish gabhla spear, Welsh gaflach fork, dart, English glave, gaff.
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