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hayfork

American  
[hey-fawrk] / ˈheɪˌfɔrk /

noun

  1. a forklike tool for pitching hay.

  2. a machine for loading or unloading hay.


hayfork British  
/ ˈheɪˌfɔːk /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hayfork

First recorded in 1545–55; hay + fork

Example Sentences

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," "Bye and Bye I'm Gonna Lay Down My Heavy Load and other true songs, while the Devil jumps up & down waving at them with a hayfork.

From Time Magazine Archive

She tossed her hayfork into the empty rack and climbed in after it.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

The party now took up the line of march for old Dr. Kettredge's house, Abel carrying Langdon's pistol, and leading Dick Venner, Bernard Langdon holding the hayfork.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Arthur Mee

A double-harpoon hayfork and pulley for lifting hay from a wagon to a barn hayloft.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by John T. Schlebecker

A pulley attached to the trolley carrier lifted and lowered the hayfork.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by John T. Schlebecker

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