pruning hook

American  

noun

1. an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.

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pruning hook British  

noun

1. a tool with a curved steel blade terminating in a hook, used for pruning

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Etymology

Origin of pruning hook

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

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pruning hook

The woman holds a laurel wreath, plow stock and pruning hook, and a biblical inscription at her feet says: “They have beat their swords into plough-shares and their spears into pruning hooks.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

Last week the President: > Used a pruning hook on departmental Budget estimates, slashing away steadily.

From Time Magazine Archive

If you are doing any of these things, get out the pruning hook of good resolution and the sharp ax of determination.

From Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks by B. J. (Bert Joseph) Griswold

He is painted with a garland of flowers on his head, a pruning hook in one hand, and ripe fruits in the other.

From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Charles K. Dillaway

He wears a conical hat, and grasps a crutch with one hand while he holds a pruning hook in the other.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by C. King Eley