caplin
English
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Noun
caplin (plural caplins)
- The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass that connect the handle and swingel.
- 1832, The Sportsmen's Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine:
- no sooner had one snatched away the caplin, than another sprang out of the water at my hand, and actually caught a slight hold of my finger and thumb.
References
- “caplin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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