tubbal
(ˈtʌbəl)
Also tubble.
[? dial. var. of twibill.]
Local name of the common mattock, or of a special form (see quot. 1902); in Cornwall, a miner's tool of similar form (= tubber2).
| 1847–78 Halliwell, Tubble, a mattock. Devon. 1880 W. Cornwall Gloss., Tubbal, a miner's tool. 1902 Rep. Provinc. Aug. (E.D.D.), Tubbal, usually a heavy mattock, with a small axe-head, used for grubbing or rooting. Also a very common name for the common mattock. |