catch·pole also catch·poll 
(kăchpōl′, kĕch-)
(kăchpōl′, kĕch-)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 the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]