hay-forkn.
a. A long-handled fork used for turning over hay to dry, or in pitching and loading it.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Hay forcke, furca, furcula.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15v Sharpe sickle & weeding hooke, hayforke & rake.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 64 If a farmer has so much as a hayfork, he sticks it into a King Dag.
b. A large fork elevated by a horse and pulley in unloading hay from a wagon to a mow, or vice versâ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875).
Compounds
hay-fork frame n. a frame (of a tricycle) made in the shape of a hay-fork.
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1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 30 Mar. 330/2 [Tricycle] A hayfork frame carries the wheels on short independent axles.
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