1388 (P.R.O.: E 163/5/29) m. 1 j falcem & j ryphook prec. xij d.
1463–4 in H. E. Salter (1932) II. 129 (MED) A repe hoke & Candelstyk, ii d.
1548 in E. Roberts & K. Parker (1992) I. 19 A salt sellar & ij Rype hokes, x d.
1591 R. Percyvall Dict. at Hocíno A reape hooke.
1629 in J. S. Moore (1981) 50 One wodden vessell..to spades, to repe hoockes.
1669 J. Worlidge (1687) 323 Dict. Rusticum. A sickle, a toothed reap-hook.
1761 2 447 One of them struck at him with the reap-hook, and cut his arm almost off.
1787 R. Burns 2 Aug. (1985) I. 140 At the plough, scythe, or reap-hook I feared no competitor.
1820 8 143 The reap-hook had been busy among the ripened corn.
1854 C. M. Yonge vii. 98 Seeing them all come out from under the Church gateway with their reap hooks.
1896 P. A. Bruce I. 464 In harvesting wheat, both the reap-hook and the sickle were used.
1938 (Federal Writers' Project) 95 At maturity indigo stood about three feet in height. Before going to seed it was cut with a reap-hook.
1969 G. E. Evans vii. 71 I harvested my corn with the sickle at first, then with the reap-hook or the bagging iron.
1992 (Nexis) 27 Oct. Wu rushed at the animal, slashing it with a reap hook.