shakefork

English

Etymology

From shake +‎ fork.

Noun

shakefork (plural shakeforks)

1. (obsolete) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
2. (heraldry) A pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed ends.
   • 1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 196:

     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: […]

   • 1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 403:

     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.

References

• “shakefork”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.