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sickle - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sickle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sickle [ n.]
- A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap.
- A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.