= pitchfork, n.1 Also: a pronged implement for stoking fire.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > fork > pitch-fork (17) pikeforkc1275 = pitchfork, n.1 Also: a pronged implement for stoking fire. shakefork1338 A wooden fork with two tines or prongs used by threshers to shake and remove the straw from the grain; also, a pitchfork. Now dialect. pickfork1349 = pitchfork, n.1 pitchfork1364 A long-handled fork with two sharp prongs, for lifting and pitching hay, straw, or sheaves. Also occasionally: a short-handled fork for lifting dung… pikea1398 A pitchfork, a hay-fork; = pick, n.1 3b. Now English regional (western), Welsh English, and Irish English. bicornec1420 A two-pronged fork, a pitchfork. hay-fork1552 A long-handled fork used for turning over hay to dry, or in pitching and loading it. shed-fork1559 The verb-stem in combination: †shed-fork, apparently = pitchfork; †shed-spade, ? a dungfork or graip. straw-fork1573 a pitchfork. pikel1602 A pitchfork or hay-fork. Also figurative. sheppeck1602 A pitchfork. corn-pike1611 †(a) a pitch-fork; (b) a circular rick of corn, pointed at the top (dialect). wain-forka1642 a fork used in the loading of a wagon. pick1777 English regional (chiefly south-western). A pitchfork, a hay-fork; = pike, n.1 3b. Cf. pickfork, n. pickle1847 A pitchfork or hay-fork; = pikel, n. peak1892 English regional (south-western). A pitchfork, a hay-fork. Subcategories:— amount thrown up by (1) |
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