Gaffled vs Haffled - What's the difference?
gaffled | haffled |
As verbs the difference between gaffled and haffled is that gaffled is ( gaffle) while haffled is ( haffle).
gaffled English
Verb
(head)
(gaffle)
gaffle English
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A lever used to bend a crossbow
A steel spur attached to a gamecock
Verb
(gaffl)
To seize
To steal
Gaffling is a planning technique for orienteering relay courses whereby individual routes are planned so as to vary slightly and to make following difficult. This means that the competition depends more on navigational skills rather than just physical ability. See British Orienteering Federation's Event Guideline F for Relay Events, Section 3.
To talk incessantly without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to banter.
References
*OED 2nd edition 1989 (noun sense)
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haffled English
Verb
(head)
(haffle)
haffle English
Verb
( haffl)
(UK, dialect) To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
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