A bill for lopping and pruning hedges.

A bill with a long handle used in cutting and trimming hedges.

‘a sharp hook fastened to a long handle to cut peas and beans and to trim hedges’ (I. of Wight Gloss. 1881).

General attributive, as †plashing-bill, †plashing-tool, etc.

General attributive, as †plashing-bill, †plashing-tool, etc.

a curved hook on a long handle, used to trim vegetation or cut peas, beans, etc.

a knife used for trimming hedges.

An implement used in pleaching; a splashing-bill.

(see trimmer, n. 3).

Pleaching. Also splashing-bill, a pleaching-bill.