shakefork

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noun

A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounshakefork (plural shakeforks)

plural shakeforks

  1. obsoleteA fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
  2. governmentA pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed ends.

    CUNYNGHAME of Milneraig and Livingston (L. O., 1775). Argent, a shakefork sable between three fleurs-de-lis azure, one in chief and two in flank.

    1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 403
    1 more example

    CUNNINGHAM of GLENGARNOCK, descended of a second Son of Henry Cuninghame of Kilmaures, and his Spouse Riddel Heiress of Glengarnock […] carry Argent, a Shakefork Sable, charged with a Cinque foil of the first: […]

    1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 196

Origin

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