scythe
noun
an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
scythelike
-
a word derived from
scythe.
Example Sentences
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Stokowski led his 95 musicians with the surgically precise gestures of the hand, the long, scythelike sweeps of the arm that are as familiar to concertgoers as the white-maned profile.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bradley also designed the Argentan-Falaise pincers, and the scythelike sweeps to the Seine which ruined the German Seventh Army.
From Time Magazine Archive
