Hypertext Webster Gateway: "billhook"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Billhook \Bill"hook`\, n. [Bill + hook.]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
billhook
n : a long-handled saw with a curved blade; "he used a bill to
prune branches off of the tree" [syn: {bill}]
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