billhook
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
As Mark cut them down, some ash, some willow, and a few alder, Bevis stripped off the twigs with a billhook, and shortened them to the proper length.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
“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
So I examined billhook and quarterstaff, and at last said I knew them.
From A Thane of Wessex by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word