bill-hook
(ˈbɪlhʊk)
[f. bill n.1 + hook n.1]
A heavy thick knife or chopper with a hooked end, used for pruning, cutting brushwood, etc.
| 1611 Cotgr., Rivereau..a Welsh hooke, or hedging bill made with a hooke at the end..we call it a Bill-hooke. 1837 Howitt Rur. Life vi. xviii. (1862) 608 The billhook of the Midland counties, with a back edge as well as a front one. 1857 S. Osborn Quedah ix. 118 Each carried a sharp bill hook, with which to cut his way through the underwood. |