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
Percy Houghton had brought his father's hedging-gloves and a billhook, so, leaving Anthony as sentry by the tree, David, with the aid of the boys, repaired the hedge.
From For the School Colours by Angela Brazil
When he cut a hedge, for instance, Iden used to have the great bushes that bore unusually fine May bloom saved from the billhook, that they might flower in the spring.
From Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies
"A primitive method, and an easy one, saving the labour of billhook and axe."
From Sister Teresa by George (George Augustus) Moore
"Set up the ladder here, Joseph," he said, pointing with the billhook to indicate the place.
From Aunt Rachel by David Christie Murray
