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

He had thought the matter out, and having returned the ladder and billhook to their places, pursued his way homeward.

From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas

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 part of it she had cleared with a billhook, and since then Madcap had trodden a rough pathway with her frequent goings and comings.

From Lady Good-for-Nothing by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir