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hayfork

[ hey-fawrk ]

noun

  1. a forklike tool for pitching hay.
  2. a machine for loading or unloading hay.


hayfork

/ ˈɪˌɔː /

noun

  1. a long-handled fork with two long curved prongs, used for moving or turning hay; pitchfork
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hayfork1

First recorded in 1545–55; hay + fork
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The English-style structure still has the original hayfork hanging from the roof.

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The successor of the bishops, bearing a staff instead of a crosier, and his chosen Amen, bearing a hayfork, chanced to meet two youths connected with the revolters, one evening after dusk, in the churchyard.

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From among a sheaf of hayforks he chose the lightest for them, and they began anywhere, just tipping at the swaths.

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A labourer stealthily approached, and suddenly speared him with one of the sharp points of the prong or hayfork he carried: the pike was a good sized one too.

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Wally came with the hayfork out of the stable towards Benedict.

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