pickle fork

English

WOTD – 15 August 2021

A drawing of a pickle fork (sense 1).^{[n 1]}

The tine end of an antique silver-plated pickle fork (sense 1).

From pickle +‎ fork.

pickle fork (plural pickle forks)

A fork with a long handle and usually two or three tines, used for extracting pickles from a tall jar.
A long-handled tool with two prongs used to unseat ball-and-socket joints.
(aviation, informal) A structure attaching an aircraft's wings to its body, having an arched shape with prongs at each end.

fork with a long handle and usually two or three tines, used for extracting pickles from a tall jar

long-handled took with two prongs used to unseat ball joints

^ By John R. Towers, c. 1936, from the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., USA.