noun
- plural of peavey: long wooden handles with a hinged hook and metal spike, used by loggers to move and position logs
Usage: logging industry
Examples
- The loggers used their peavies to roll the heavy logs into position.
- Several peavies were stored in the equipment shed at the lumber camp.
- Workers grabbed their peavies to break up the logjam in the river.
- The old-timer showed the apprentices how to handle peavies safely.
- Without their peavies, moving the massive timber would have been impossible.
- The crew’s peavies had worn wooden handles from years of use.