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Pitchfork definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay v
1: lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay" [syn: pitchfork, fork]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 13th century a long-handled fork that has two or three long somewhat curved prongs and is used especially in pitching hay • pitchfork transitive verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a long-handled two-pronged fork for pitching hay etc. --v.tr. 1 throw with or as if with a pitchfork. 2 (usu. foll. by into) thrust (a person) forcibly into a position, office, etc. Etymology: in ME pickfork, prob. f. PICK(1) + FORK, assoc. with PITCH(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pitchfork Pitch"fork`, n. A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pitchfork Pitch"fork`, v. t. To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork. He has been pitchforked into the footguards. --G. A. Sala.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pitchforks) A pitchfork is a tool with a long handle and two pointed parts that is used on a farm for lifting hay or cut grass. N-COUNT