[kach-pohl] 
| (formerly) a petty officer of justice, esp. one arresting persons for debt. |
| catch·pole also catch·poll (kāch'pōl', kěch'-) n. A sheriff's officer, especially one who arrests debtors. [Middle English cacchepol, from Norman French cachepol, probably from Old French chacepol : chacier, to chase; see chase1 + poul, rooster (from Latin pullus, chicken; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots).] |
