billhook

English

Wikipedia

A billhook (agricultural implement).

Alternative forms

• bill-hook
• bill hook

Etymology

Usually thought to be from bill + hook

Noun

billhook (plural billhooks)

1. An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
2. (weaponry) A medieval polearm with a similar construct, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
3. Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
4. Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.

Translations

agricultural implement

• Dutch: snoeimes (nl) n
• Finnish: vesuri (fi), kassara (fi)
• French: serpette (fr)
• Irish: bileog (ga) f, corrán (ga) m

• Italian: roncola (it) f
• Jèrriais: sèrpe f
• Serbo-Croatian: kosir (sh) m

Synonyms

• handbill, pruning hook, hack, hacker, hedging bill, hedging-bill, hedge bill, bill, broom hook, block hook, Yorkshire bill, vine hook

Anagrams

• hookbill