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hay-fork
[f. hay n.1]
A long-handled fork used for turning over hay to dry, or in pitching and loading it.
1552Huloet, Hay forcke, furca, furcula. 1573Tusser Husb. xvii. (1878) 37 Sharp sikle and weeding hooke, haie fork and rake. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits iv. (Race) Wks. Bohn II. 26 If a farmer has so much as a hayfork, he sticks it into a King Dag.
b. A large fork elevated by a horse and pulley in unloading hay from a wagon to a mow, or vice versâ (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875).
c. attrib., as hay-fork frame, a frame (of a tricycle) made in the shape of a hay-fork.
1885Bazaar 30 Mar. 330/2 [Tricycle] A hayfork frame carries the wheels on short independent axles. |