pitch-forkn.²

Brit.

/ˈpɪtʃfɔːk/, U.S.

/ˈpɪtʃˌfɔrk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch n.², fork n.

Etymology: < pitch n.² + fork n. Compare earlier pitch-pipe n.

Music. Now rare.

A tuning fork.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > tuning-fork or -pipe

pitch-pipe1685

pitch-fork1776

fork1800

tuning-fork1800

1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music IV. 521 At a concert he would say ‘I have not about me a pitch pipe, but I have what will do well to tune by, a pitchfork.’

1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 406 The Tuning-fork, originally called the Pitch-fork.

1892 Daily News 23 Dec. 5/2 The introduction of new tunes called for the use of the sonorous little instrument called a ‘pitch-fork’.

1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 16 June v. 1/1 He told of meeting a cantor who carried a ‘pitchfork’, evidently meaning his pitch pipe and tuning fork.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pitch-fork
释义	pitch-forkn.² Brit. /ˈpɪtʃfɔːk/, U.S. /ˈpɪtʃˌfɔrk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch n.², fork n. Etymology: < pitch n.² + fork n. Compare earlier pitch-pipe n. Music. Now rare. A tuning fork. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > tuning-fork or -pipe pitch-pipe1685 pitch-fork1776 fork1800 tuning-fork1800 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music IV. 521 At a concert he would say ‘I have not about me a pitch pipe, but I have what will do well to tune by, a pitchfork.’ 1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 406 The Tuning-fork, originally called the Pitch-fork. 1892 Daily News 23 Dec. 5/2 The introduction of new tunes called for the use of the sonorous little instrument called a ‘pitch-fork’. 1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 16 June v. 1/1 He told of meeting a cantor who carried a ‘pitchfork’, evidently meaning his pitch pipe and tuning fork. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1776
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pitch-forkn.2

pitch-forkn.²