twibill

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈtwaɪbɪl/
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/ˈtwaɪbɪl/ · /ˈtwaɪbəl/ · /ˈtwɪbɪl/ · /ˈtwɪbəl/

Definition of twibill

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A two-edged tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortises, with a flat chisel and a mortise chisel or hook, similar to the much larger French carpenter's tool, the besaiguë (or bisaiguë).
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noun

  1. A two-edged tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortises, with a flat chisel and a mortise chisel or hook, similar to the much larger French carpenter's tool, the besaiguë (or bisaiguë).
  2. (British, dialectal)A mattock with one blade like an axe and the other like an adze.
  3. (England, dialectal)A reaping hook, especially for cutting beans and peas.
  4. (obsolete)A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe.
    “[A] little fair-haired man, as broad as he was tall, who heaved up a long “twybill,” or double axe.”

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Etymology

From Middle English twibill, from Old English twibill, from twi- (“double”) + bill (“edge, blade”), see also billhook.

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