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

He came slowly down the ladder and, surrendering his billhook to Joseph, advanced and proffered a tremulous white hand.

From Aunt Rachel by David Christie Murray

These bands of wild, half-clad kernes, armed with pike and billhook, might be brave indeed, but could do nothing against the disciplined soldiers of the Parliament.

From Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"Set up the ladder here, Joseph," he said, pointing with the billhook to indicate the place.

From Aunt Rachel by David Christie Murray

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

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