ETYM Cf. Dutch prangen to pinch, press, lg. prange a stick, or w. procio to thrust, Eng. prowl, pang.
1. Fork.
2. A tine of a fork.
3. A slender pointed or projecting part: as a fang of a tooth; a point of an antler.
4. Something resembling a prong, a pointed projection.

A prong on a fork or pitchfork.
prong.