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English
Etymology
From shake + fork.
Noun
shakefork (plural shakeforks)
- (obsolete) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
- (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.
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