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

Max Reinhardt, whose castle�Leopoldskron�overlooks the crenelated streets of the old cathedral town, sent some weeks ago an army of mercenaries against the riding school with billhook, adz, hammer, saw.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Fitchett, W. H. (William Henry)

"A primitive method, and an easy one, saving the labour of billhook and axe."

From Sister Teresa by Moore, George (George Augustus)

But now they chop and slash away without remorse, and the young forest-tree rising up with a promise of future beauty falls before the billhook.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard