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
A cutting instrument, with hookÏshaped point, and fitted with a handle; Ð used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Mayne had stuck the billhook of his section at the back of his knapsack, and the bullet struck it and flattened upon it.
From Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes by W. H. (William Henry) Fitchett
On that they gave me a woodman's billhook, and a seax,iii such as the churls wear, and one thrust a good ash, iron-shod quarterstaff into my hands.
From A Thane of Wessex by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
Here he took the billhook and the saw from his assistant, and strode on, swinging one of the tools in each hand.
From Aunt Rachel by David Christie Murray
