Pitchfork

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pitchfork \Pitch"fork`\, n.
     A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of
     grain, or the like.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pitchfork \Pitch"fork`\, v. t.
     To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork.
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           He has been pitchforked into the footguards. --G. A.
                                                    Sala.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pitchfork
       n : a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for
           lifting and pitching hay
       v : lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay" [syn: {fork}]