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
On that they gave me a woodman's billhook, and a seax,iii such as the churls wear, and one thrust a good ash, iron-shod quarterstaff into my hands.
From A Thane of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
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 Jefferies, Richard
"A primitive method, and an easy one, saving the labour of billhook and axe."
From Sister Teresa by Moore, George (George Augustus)
Chop, chop, chop, went Marty's little billhook with never more assiduity, till Mrs. Charmond spoke.
From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas
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