hayfork

[ hey-fawrk ]

noun

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

hayfork

/ ˈheɪˌfɔːk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hayfork¹

First recorded in 1545–55; hay + fork

Example Sentences

For the last 20 years the former teacher and his family have lived out in the Hayfork woods, across the road from a chunk of Forest Service land, which he described with remarkable good cheer as “a frightening display of fuel management.”

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There was many a man killed with no more of a weapon than a hayfork.

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Then the father picked up a hayfork and beat his son out of the house.

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Sren picked up a hayfork and made for the lad, who hid behind the threshing-machine, livid with fear.

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

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

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