hayfork

hayfork

See also: Hayfork

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English hay
Latin furcabor.
Proto-West Germanic *furkō
Old English forca
Middle English forke
English fork
English hayfork

    From hay + fork.

    Noun

    hayfork (plural hayforks)

    1. A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.
      • 2007 March 18, Michael Chabon, “‘Gentlemen of the Road’”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        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.

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