pitchfork
/ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/ sustantivo B2En español: horca, horquilla, horqueta, horcón
- An agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
- A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
- Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
- An angry mob; the power or effects of such a mob. · The city council was facing the pitchforks once the public had realized what the new ordinance entailed.
Plural pitchforks
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