Meaning of PITCHFORK
| Pronunciation: | | 'pich`fork
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- [n] a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
- [v] lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay"
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| | See Also: | | hand tool, lift, tine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pitch"fork`\, n.
A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of
grain, or the like.
\Pitch"fork`\, v. t.
To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork.
He has been pitchforked into the footguards. --G. A.
Sala.
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