hayfork

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noun

A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.

OriginEnglish fork ← Middle English forke ← Old English forca →
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Meanings

hayfork1

nounhayfork (plural hayforks)

plural hayforks

  1. A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.

    Creaking leather and the snorting of mules, snatches of off-key ballads, the clop of hooves and the patter of bare soles, the rattle of hayforks and lances.

    2007 March 18, Michael Chabon, “‘Gentlemen of the Road’”, in New York Times

Hayfork2

proper noun
  1. A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.

Origin

  1. Englishhay
  2. Latinfurca
  3. Proto-West Germanic*furkō
  4. Old Englishforca
  5. Middle Englishforke
  6. Englishfork
  7. Englishhayfork

From hay + fork.

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Translations

Finnish heinähanko
  • heinähanko1. A tool used for moving hay
German Heugabel
  • Heugabel1. A tool used for moving hay
Irish forc féir
  • forc féir1. A tool used for moving hay
Swedish högaffel, hötjuga
  • högaffel1. A tool used for moving hay
  • hötjuga1. A tool used for moving hay
Turkish dirgen
  • dirgen1. A tool used for moving hay
Cite this entry
APA

hayfork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hayfork

MLA

“hayfork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hayfork. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hayfork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hayfork.

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