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shakeforks

shakeforks is the plural of shakefork.

Meaning of shakefork

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

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What is shakeforks the plural of?
Shakeforks is the plural of shakefork.

Words near shakeforks in the dictionary

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

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