peavey
noun
a cant hook with a sharply pointed end, used in handling logs.
peaveys
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pluralof peavey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Woodsmen's logrolling is a relay event with two men handling the needle-sharp peaveys, wrestling a quarter-ton log over a soft. course.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up and down the bank he rushed, bellowing orders and hurling curses at the men who, gripping their peaveys, swarmed over the heaving jam like flies.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
There were some old-fashioned pick-poles, straight, heavy levers without any "dog," and there were modern pick-poles and peaveys, for every river has its favorite equipment in these things.
From Homespun Tales by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
With their short peaveys, the drivers were enabled to prevent the timbers from swirling in the eddies—one of the first causes of a jam.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
The crew redoubled its exertions, clamping its peaveys here and there, apparently at random, but in reality with the most definite of purposes.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
