hedge-bill
[See bill n.1 4.]
1. A bill for lopping and pruning hedges.
| 1497 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 98 Sithes..vj, ffelling axes..xxiiij, Hegge billes..xxv. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 356 Let us gett a hedgebill and fall to repayring broken fences. 1823 Scott Peveril x, The peasant-boy..with a hedge-bill in his hand. |
2. A collector's name of a moth.
| 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterfl. & Moths 220 The Hedge Bill (P[lutella] subfalcatella, Stephens). |