Pitchfork

Pitch′forkˊ

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Noun.

A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

Pitch′forkˊ

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Verb.

T.

To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork.

He has been

pitchforked

into the footguards.

G. A. Sala.

Pitchfork

PITCH'FORK

,

Noun.

A fork or farming utensil used in throwing hay or sheaves of grain, in loading or unloading carts and wagons.

pitchfork

English

Pitchfork next to a compost bin

Noun

pitchfork ‎(plural pitchforks)

An agricultural tool comprising a fork attached to a long handle used for pitching hay or bales of hay high up onto a haystack.

Derived terms

Translations

farm tool with tines

Bashkir: һәнәк ‎(hänäk)
Belarusian: вілы pl ‎(víly)
Bulgarian: вила (bg) f ‎(víla)
Chamicuro: ashtoli
Chinese:
Mandarin: 杈 (zh) ‎(chā), 叉 (zh) ‎(chā)
Crimean Tatar: senek
Czech: vidle (cs) f pl
Danish: høtyv (da) c, fork (da) c
Dutch: hooivork (nl), mestvork (nl), riek (nl)
Finnish: hanko (fi), heinähanko
French: fourche (fr) f
Friulian: forcje f
Galician: forcada (gl) f, galleta (gl) f
German: Heugabel (de) f, Mistgabel (de) f
Greek: δίκρανο (el) n ‎(díkrano), δικράνι (el) n ‎(dikráni), πιρούνα (el) f ‎(piroúna)
Hungarian: vasvilla (hu)
Icelandic: heygaffall m
Ido: forko (io)
Irish: píce m
Italian: forcone, forca (it)

Japanese: ピッチフォーク ‎(pitchifōku)
Luxembourgish: Mëschtgreef m
Macedonian: вила f ‎(víla)
Maricopa: chmaly
Nogai: сенек ‎(senek)
Norwegian: fork (no) m, høygaffel m
O'odham: cuaʼaknakud
Persian: هید ‎(heyd)
Polish: widły (pl) f pl
Portuguese: forcado (pt) m, forquilha (pt) f, garfo (pt) m
Romanian: furcă (ro) f
Russian: ви́лы (ru) pl ‎(víly)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: виле f pl, рачве f pl

Roman: vile (sh) f pl, račve (sh) f pl
Slovak: vidly f pl
Slovene: vile f pl
Spanish: bieldo (es) m, horca (es) f
Swedish: högaffel (sv) c, hötjuga (sv) c
Ukrainian: вила pl ‎(výla), ґаблі (uk) pl ‎(gábli), габлі pl ‎(hábli)
Walloon: fotche (wa) f, fonne (wa) f

Verb

pitchfork ‎(third-person singular simple present pitchforks, present participle pitchforking, simple past and past participle pitchforked)

(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.

External links

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Webster 1913 Edition

Pitchfork

Pitch′forkˊ

Pitch′forkˊ

Webster 1828 Edition

Pitchfork

PITCH'FORK

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pitchfork

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