Word.ws English Dictionary

shakefork

shakefork noun: a fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.

Noun

shakefork (plural shakeforks)

  1. (obsolete) 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 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: […]1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 196
    • 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.1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 403

Forms of shakefork

pluralshakeforks

Origin of shakefork

From shake + fork.

Questions about shakefork

What does shakefork mean?
Shakefork means a fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
What part of speech is shakefork?
Shakefork is a noun.
What is the plural of shakefork?
The plural of shakefork is shakeforks.

Words near shakefork in the dictionary

  1. shake-ups
  2. shakeable
  3. shaked
  4. shakedown
  5. shakedowns
  6. shakefork
  7. shakeforks
  8. shakehand
  9. shakehole
  10. shakeholes
  11. shakemap

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shakefork (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “shakefork.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/shakefork. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.