twibill
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Definition of twibill
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- 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
- 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).
- (British, dialectal)A mattock with one blade like an axe and the other like an adze.
- (England, dialectal)A reaping hook, especially for cutting beans and peas.
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(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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