Plural of forche; multiple forks or forked implements (archaic or dialectal).
From forche + -s (Old English plural). Simple pluralization of the archaic noun.
The plural 'forches' shows how English gradually standardized on 'forks'—both are from Latin furca, but one survived and one vanished. Language is like evolution: variants compete, and the fittest words survive.
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