Welcome to our Weekly Western Word of the Day...
Gaff - to spur a horse (ie, hit the horse's flanks with the pokey spur to get it to move)
Other terms include gig or gouge.
To encourage a horse to buck, the cowboy would rake or scratch it with his spurs (probably causing pain).
Source:
The Cowboy Encyclopedia by Richard W Slatta; ISBN#0-87436-738-7
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