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

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

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 Eley, C. King

There good Sabinus, planter of the vines, On a short pruning hook his head reclines, And studiously surveys his gen'rous wines; Then warlike kings, who for their country fought, And honorable wounds from battle brought.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

They placed the plowshare and the pruning hook where the rifle and the tomahawk long held sway.

From Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History by Grable, F. C.