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shakefork

noun

Etymology

From shake + fork.

  1. derived from *perg-✻ — “pole, post”
  2. derived from *furkaz✻
  3. derived from *ǵʰerk(ʷ)-✻
  4. derived from forque
  5. derived from furca — “pitchfork, forked stake; gallows, beam, stake, support post, yoke”
  6. inherited from *furkō✻ — “fork”
  7. inherited from force
  8. inherited from forke — “digging fork”
  9. compounded as shakefork — “shake + fork”

Definitions

  1. A fork for shaking hay

    A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.

  2. A pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed…

    A pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed ends.

    • 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: […]
    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA