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hayfork

noun

Etymology

From hay + fork.

  1. derived from *perg-✻ — “pole, post”
  2. derived from *furkaz✻
  3. derived from *ǵʰerk(ʷ)-✻
  4. derived from forque
  5. derived from furca — “pitchfork, forked stake; gallows, beam, stake, support post, yoke”
  6. inherited from *furkō✻ — “fork”
  7. inherited from force
  8. inherited from forke — “digging fork”
  9. formed as hayfork — “hay + fork”

Definitions

  1. A tool used for moving hay

    A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.

    • Creaking leather and the snorting of mules, snatches of off-key ballads, the clop of hooves and the patter of bare soles, the rattle of hayforks and lances.

  2. A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA