English Explanatory Dictionary

peavy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

peavy peavies peavee peavey peevee Peavys

Etymology

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

Synonyms

dog hook cant-dog cant hook peavey hook

Related words

cant hook
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