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单词 pikefork
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pikeforkn.

Brit. /ˈpɪkfɔːk/, /ˈpʌɪkfɔːk/, U.S. /ˈpɪkˌfɔrk/, /ˈpaɪkˌfɔrk/
Forms: see pike n.1 and fork n.; also early Middle English pycfork.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pike n.1, fork n.
Etymology: < pike n.1 + fork n. Compare slightly later pickfork n., pitchfork n.1Sometimes associated with pick v.2, probably from the use of the implement in pitching hay, etc. (see sense pick v.2 2a).
Now chiefly English regional (northern).
= pitchfork n.1 Also: a pronged implement for stoking fire.
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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 10777 Wið heore pic-forcken [c1300 pic-forken] heo ualden heom to grunden.
1313 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 82 [1 iron for] j pycforke jd. qu'.
1446 Inventory in H. Fishwick Hist. Parish Lytham (1907) 82 (MED) j fyre pan, j paire tanges, j long pykefork.
1454 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 173 (MED) Willyam Joly..a long byll, a pikeforke.
1485 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 246 Paid..to a smyth for makyng of a grete pykefork..þat was broken with þe ice. ij d.
a1600 Floddan Field (1664) ii. 11 Some made long pikes and lances light, Some Pike-forks for to joyn and thrust.
1673 R. Head Canting Acad. Epil. sig. K3 One of the Horse-keepers..did..belabour him with a Pikefork.
1881 W. Westall Old Factory II. ii. 14 Chaps..as I wouldn't touch with a pikefork.
1962 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. i. 102 Q[uestion]. What do you call a fork with two prongs?.. [Lancashire] Pike-fork.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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