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Webster 1913 Edition


Hayfork

Hay′forkˊ

(hā′fôrkˊ)
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Noun.
A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
Horse hayfork
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a contrivance for unloading hay from the cart and depositing it in the loft, or on a mow, by horse power.

Definition 2024


hayfork

hayfork

English

Noun

hayfork (plural hayforks)

  1. A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.
    • 2007 March 18, Michael Chabon, “‘Gentlemen of the Road’”, in New York Times:
      Creaking leather and the snorting of mules, snatches of off-key ballads, the clop of hooves and the patter of bare soles, the rattle of hayforks and lances.