Lexic.us

Definition of Pitchfork

1. Verb. Lift with a pitchfork. "Pitchfork hay"

2. Noun. A long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay.

Definition of Pitchfork

1. n. A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

2. v. t. To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork.

Definition of Pitchfork

1. Noun. An agricultural tool comprising a fork attached to a long handle used for pitching hay or bales of hay high up onto a haystack. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pitchfork

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitchfork

pitcher's count pitcher's mound pitcher-plant family pitcher plant pitcher sage pitcherful pitcherfuls pitchers pitchersful pitches

pitches a tent pitchfest pitchfests pitchfork (current term) pitchforked pitchforking pitchforklike pitchforks pitchier pitchiest

pitchily pitchiness pitching pitching a tent pitching change pitching coach pitching wedge pitching wedges

Literary usage of Pitchfork

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"(1) A pitchfork. North. (2) To play at pitch-and-toss. Line. (3) To go forth from a place. To pick a matter, to pick a quarrel with any one. ..."

2. Report in Favor of the Abolition of the Punishment of Death by Law: Made to by John Louis O'Sullivan (1841)
"The neighbors assembled—the body of Otis was found in it, not wholly consumed—a pitchfork and a hammer near it. Otis was not known to have taken any fire ..."

3. Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1905)
"... or pointing a pitchfork at him, or by any other such like act done in angry, threatening manner, etc.; but no words can amount to an assault. ..."

4. Around an Old Homestead: A Book of Memories by Paul Griswold Huston (1906)
"... and some straw; and let us milk the cows, and slop the pigs, and curry the horses; and then let us feed and bed them for the night. pitchfork AND FLAIL. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"(1) A pitchfork. North. (2) To play at pitch-and-toss. Line. (3) To go forth from a place. To pick a matter, to pick a quarrel with any one. ..."

6. Report in Favor of the Abolition of the Punishment of Death by Law: Made to by John Louis O'Sullivan (1841)
"The neighbors assembled—the body of Otis was found in it, not wholly consumed—a pitchfork and a hammer near it. Otis was not known to have taken any fire ..."

7. Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1905)
"... or pointing a pitchfork at him, or by any other such like act done in angry, threatening manner, etc.; but no words can amount to an assault. ..."

8. Around an Old Homestead: A Book of Memories by Paul Griswold Huston (1906)
"... and some straw; and let us milk the cows, and slop the pigs, and curry the horses; and then let us feed and bed them for the night. pitchfork AND FLAIL. ..."

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