peavey
[ pee-vee ]
/ ˈpi vi /
noun, plural pea·veys.
a cant hook with a sharply pointed end, used in handling logs.
Nearby words
peat reek, peatland, peaty, peau d'orange, peau de soie, peavey, peavy, peba, pebble, pebble dash, pebble garden
Origin of peavey
1865–70, Americanism; named after Joseph Peavey, its inventor
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peavey
peavy
/ (ˈpiːvɪ) /
noun plural -veys or -vies
US and Canadian a wooden lever with a metal pointed end and a hinged hook, used for handling logsCompare cant hook
Word Origin for peavey
C19: named after Joseph Peavey, American who invented it
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Word Origin and History for peavey
peavey
"pointed cant hook," a lumbering hook, 1878, said to be named for a John Peavey, blacksmith in Bolivar, N.Y., who supposedly invented it c.1872. Other sources ascribe it to a Joseph Peavey of Stillwater, Maine, and give a date of 1858.
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