pickforkn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪkfɔːk/, U.S.

/ˈpɪkˌfɔrk/

Forms: see pick n.¹ and fork n.; also 1500s pykford (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick n.¹, fork n.

Etymology: < pick n.¹ + fork n. Compare earlier pikefork n. and also pitchfork n.¹Sometimes associated with pick v.², probably from the use of the implement in pitching hay, etc. (see sense 2a at that entry).

Now chiefly English regional (northern).

= pitchfork n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > fork > pitch-fork

pikeforkc1275

shakefork1338

pickfork1349

pitchfork1364

pikea1398

bicornec1420

hay-fork1552

shed-fork1559

straw-fork1573

pikel1602

sheppeck1602

corn-pike1611

wain-forka1642

pick1777

pickle1847

peak1892

1349 in P. D. A. Harvey Manorial Rec. Cuxham (1976) 152 j pykfork'.

1356 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 284 (MED) [One] pikfork.

1410 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 546 3 pyk forkes.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xv If the grasse be very thicke it wolde be shaken w^t handes or with a short picforke.

1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks ii. 31 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Clods must alwaies broken be with pickforks turnd therein.

1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 135 Some arme themselves with spits, one with a ladle, Some snatch up pick-forkes, one a bill or knife.

1716 Worlidge's Compl. Syst. Husbandry & Gardening 498 A Pitch-fork, or Pick-fork; the same with Pike.

1790 W. Dyde Hist. & Antiq. Tewkesbury 95 The townsmen were constrained, with pick-forks and long poles, to stand on the bridge of wood to break the cocks.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Pick-fork, a hay fork.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 95/1 Pickfork, a pitch-fork.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 224/1 Pick-ferrk, pik-ferrk, Pitchfork.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pickfork
释义	pickforkn. Brit. /ˈpɪkfɔːk/, U.S. /ˈpɪkˌfɔrk/ Forms: see pick n.¹ and fork n.; also 1500s pykford (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick n.¹, fork n. Etymology: < pick n.¹ + fork n. Compare earlier pikefork n. and also pitchfork n.¹Sometimes associated with pick v.², probably from the use of the implement in pitching hay, etc. (see sense 2a at that entry). Now chiefly English regional (northern). = pitchfork n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > fork > pitch-fork pikeforkc1275 shakefork1338 pickfork1349 pitchfork1364 pikea1398 bicornec1420 hay-fork1552 shed-fork1559 straw-fork1573 pikel1602 sheppeck1602 corn-pike1611 wain-forka1642 pick1777 pickle1847 peak1892 1349 in P. D. A. Harvey Manorial Rec. Cuxham (1976) 152 j pykfork'. 1356 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 284 (MED) [One] pikfork. 1410 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 546 3 pyk forkes. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xv If the grasse be very thicke it wolde be shaken w^t handes or with a short picforke. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks ii. 31 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Clods must alwaies broken be with pickforks turnd therein. 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 135 Some arme themselves with spits, one with a ladle, Some snatch up pick-forkes, one a bill or knife. 1716 Worlidge's Compl. Syst. Husbandry & Gardening 498 A Pitch-fork, or Pick-fork; the same with Pike. 1790 W. Dyde Hist. & Antiq. Tewkesbury 95 The townsmen were constrained, with pick-forks and long poles, to stand on the bridge of wood to break the cocks. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Pick-fork, a hay fork. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 95/1 Pickfork, a pitch-fork. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 224/1 Pick-ferrk, pik-ferrk, Pitchfork. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1349
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