hori-hori

English

A hori-hori (dig-dig) or weeding knife.

Etymology

From Japanese, from ホリ (“to dig”).

Noun

hori-hori (plural hori-horis)

1. (horticulture) A Japanese weeding knife
   • 2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer.

Further reading

• hori hori on Wikipedia.Wikipedia