billhook
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of billhook
Example Sentences
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Watch Tim Radford — in dreadlocks, just 36, the future of the sport — wielding his billhook blade and laying into his section of brush like the queen’s own tree surgeon.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2019
Besides the sack of nets, the bag of ferrets, and a small bundle in a knotted handkerchief—his 'nuncheon'—which in themselves make a tolerable load, he has brought a billhook, and a 'navigator,' or draining-tool.
From The Amateur Poacher by Richard Jefferies
A cutting instrument, with hookÏshaped point, and fitted with a handle; Ð used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
"A primitive method, and an easy one, saving the labour of billhook and axe."
From Sister Teresa by George (George Augustus) Moore
He raced up the meadow and found the labourer, with his thick white leather gloves and billhook, putting thorn bushes in the gaps, which no one had made so much as Bevis himself.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
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