billhook

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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

What a noble tree an elm is, if its branches are spared by the billhook of pruner or axe of woodman!

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon

Besides the sack of nets, the bag of ferrets, and a small bundle in a knotted handkerchief—his 'nuncheon'—which in themselves make a tolerable load, he has brought a billhook, and a 'navigator,' or draining-tool.

From The Amateur Poacher by Jefferies, Richard

Mayne had stuck the billhook of his section at the back of his knapsack, and the bullet struck it and flattened upon it.

From Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes by Fitchett, W. H. (William Henry)