shakefork

noun

1

chiefly dialectal : a fork for shaking hay or straw

2

: a heraldic ordinary or charge having the form of a Y with couped and pointed ends compare pairle

Word History

Etymology

Middle English schakforke, from schaken, shaken to shake + forke fork

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