billhook

American  

[bil-hook] / ˈbɪlˌhʊk /

noun

1. bill.

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billhook British  

/ ˈbɪlˌhʊk /

noun

1. Also called: bill. a cutting tool with a wooden handle and a curved blade terminating in a hook at its tip, used for pruning, chopping, etc

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Etymology

Origin of billhook

First recorded in 1605–15; bill ³ + hook ¹

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Example Sentences

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billhook

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

His lordship was followed by Joseph Beaker, who bore the saw and the billhook, and the old nobleman was evidently somewhat fatigued, and carried the ladder with difficulty.

From Aunt Rachel by David Christie Murray

Chop, chop, chop, went Marty's little billhook with never more assiduity, till Mrs. Charmond spoke.

From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

One fine morning the old man went off to the hills with his billhook, to gather a faggot of sticks, while his wife went down to the river to wash the dirty clothes.

From Tales of Old Japan by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron Redesdale

I’m off to the mountains with my billhook to gather a faggot of sticks for our fire.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace James

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