What is another word for peavy?

Pronunciation: [pˈiːvi] (IPA)

A peavy is a tool used to move or roll logs. It is known by a variety of synonyms, including cant hook, timberjack, log roller, or logging hook. These terms are often used interchangeably, but each has a slightly different design and purpose. The cant hook, for example, has a longer handle and a curved hook at the end, which makes it ideal for turning logs. The timberjack, on the other hand, has a pointed end that is used for lifting logs off the ground. All of these tools are essential for anyone working in the forestry industry, or for those who frequently handle large and heavy logs.

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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Peavy

Although the thing consumed smoke surprisingly well, it likewise unharnessed such an amazing army of heat-units that it melted the crown-sheet of the boiler; whereupon the sawmill men, being singularly coarse and unimaginative fellows, set upon the patentee and his partner with ash-rakes, draw-bars, and other ordinary, unpatented implements; a lumberjack beat hollowly upon their ribs with a peavy, and that night young Anderson sickened of smoke-consumers, harked anew to the call of journalism, and hiked, arriving in Buffalo with seven dollars and fifty cents to the good.
"Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories"
Rex Beach
"peavy-stick flipped on me," growled the young man, willing to hide his humiliation from at least one person in the world-and the hermit of the Jerusalem station seemed to be the only one sufficiently isolated.
"King Spruce, A Novel"
Holman Day
It seemed he could use a peavy, or canthook, pretty well, having done something besides sailing in his day.
"Carolyn of the Corners"
Ruth Belmore Endicott

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