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
Max Reinhardt, whose castle�Leopoldskron�overlooks the crenelated streets of the old cathedral town, sent some weeks ago an army of mercenaries against the riding school with billhook, adz, hammer, saw.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Yes, there or thereabouts," said Winterborne, a chop of the billhook jerking the last word into two pieces.
From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas
"Set up the ladder here, Joseph," he said, pointing with the billhook to indicate the place.
From Aunt Rachel by Murray, David Christie
Chop, chop, chop, went Marty's little billhook with never more assiduity, till Mrs. Charmond spoke.
From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas
