Meaning

noun the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg

noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

verb hit with the hand

origin1520, “to hit”, apparently of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian kuffa (“to push, shove”) or Swedish kuffa (“to knock, thrust, strike”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”). Germanic cognates include Low German kuffen (“to box the ears”), German kuffen (“to…

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