ˈfork-head
† 1. An arrow with barbed head. Obs.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. v. 19 Through his haberjeon the forkehead flew. |
2. Mech. a. (see quot. 1874); b. = cross-tail.
| 1839 [see cross-tail]. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech., Fork⁓head, the double head of a rod which divides in order to form a connection by means of a pin. |