peavy
noun
peavies
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pluralof peavy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Rank after rank they swept past, while the rivermen, leaning on the shafts of their peavies, passed them in review.
From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White
This they attacked with their peavies, rolling the top logs off into the current below.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
So they dug with the peavies for three days, and nothing happened.
From The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
A landing is built of cribwork and the logs are simply rolled on the truck with peavies or cant hooks, or a parbuckle system with skids and horses is used.
From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Frederick Malcolm Knapp
Men were catching up ropes, chains, peavies, and pike poles and hurrying off into the darkness.
From The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
