pitchfork

A pitchfork

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
To throw suddenly.

Origin

From Middle English pichfork, pycchefork, pychforke, pikeforke, pikkforke, pic-forcke, equivalent to pitch + fork.

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