why is a crowbar called a crowbar?

Answer 1

The reason it is called a CROW bar is that if you look at it from the side, it is the shape of a crow, the tight curve being the crows head and the gentler curve being the tale

Answer 2

There is a popular story that the term crowbar derives from Jim Crow and they were used by blacks to perform menial tasks, and the word thus has racist origins. This is a false etymology; the term crowbar traces to at least 1400; and is not in any sense racist. As they resembled the feet or beaks of a crow, they were first called crow bars; later the two joined into one word. They also were called crows; William Shakespeare used the term crow in many places, including his written-in-the-1590s play Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, scene ii:

PS JayPea40

Origin of monkey wrench

The wrench is not named after a monkey, neither is it so called because it is a handy thing to 'monkey' with. The right name is 'Moncky.' Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2,000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, N.Y., where he afterward lived."

Answer 3

Because a guy had invented the crowbar, and needed a name for it but just couldn't think. So he went to the bar for a couple of bevvies. It was summertime so the windows were open, and a black crow flew in and sat on the bar. It was a eureka moment indeed!

Answer 4

Dont listen to these, The answer is Alexander crow invented a bar and named it after himself.

Answer 5

it's called a crow bar cos the forked end of it looks like a crows foot or beak!

Answer 6

It's a bar for extracting Crows from trees?

Answer 7

For the same reason a monkey wrench is called a monkey wrench.