billhook
Example Sentences
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Watch Tim Radford — in dreadlocks, just 36, the future of the sport — wielding his billhook blade and laying into his section of brush like the queen’s own tree surgeon.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2019
His lordship was followed by Joseph Beaker, who bore the saw and the billhook, and the old nobleman was evidently somewhat fatigued, and carried the ladder with difficulty.
From Aunt Rachel by David Christie Murray
Here he took the billhook and the saw from his assistant, and strode on, swinging one of the tools in each hand.
From Aunt Rachel by David Christie Murray
“Strong man cut down trees, not strong man cut off branches,” said Pablo, taking up the billhook and setting to work to cut off the boughs, which he did with great dexterity and rapidity.
From The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat
Come on, Master Tom, and I’ll get the billhook.
From The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam by George Manville Fenn
