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billhook - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'billhook' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Billhook [ n.]
- A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter.

Meaning of 'billhook' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . billhook [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a cutting tool with a sharp edge
Example in sentence:
  • he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree