peavy

See also: Peavy

English

A man using a peavy.

Alternative forms

• peavee, peavey, peevee

Etymology

After Joseph Peavey, a blacksmith from Maine in the United States of America.

Noun

peavy (plural peavies)

1. A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.

   Synonyms: dog hook, cant-dog, cant hook, peavey hook

Translations

tool used to manipulate logs

• French: tourne-billes (fr) m
• Tlingit: dlágwaa

See also

• cant hook

References

• Peavey (tool) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Peavey (forestry) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “peavy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Pavey