I was reading a review in the online edition of a US magazine of a work of fiction published in the UK. To my surprise the reviewer seemed unfamiliar with the term "garden fork" and tentatively glossed it as pitchfork.

To me a garden fork is a smaller implement with 3 tines, used for digging in the garden, while a pitchfork is larger, may have more tines, and is used for pitching hay or whatever onto wagons at harvest time. Any comments from other parts of the English-speaking world?

Bingley

Bingley