n. A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
v. To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookie), a cockfighting event.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A match or contest of gamecocks.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A match or contest of cocks; a very ancient sport, in which cocks, usually armed with long steel spurs bound to the shanks, are set to fight with each other, commonly in a “pit,” so called.
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n. a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs
Word Usage
"Most were arrested on suspicion of being present at a cockfight, which is a Class 1 misdemeanor"