bill-hookn.
/ˈbɪlhʊk/, U.S. /ˈbɪlˌhʊk/ A heavy thick knife or chopper with a hooked end, used for pruning, cutting brushwood, etc.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rivereau,..a Welsh hooke, or hedging bill made with a hooke at the end..we call it a Bill-hooke.
1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. iii. xvi. 376 The billhook of those counties, with a back edge as well as a front one.
1857 S. Osborn Quedah ix. 118 Each carried a sharp bill hook, with which to cut his way through the underwood.
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