sickled

sickle

sick·le

S0385700 (sĭk′əl)n.1. An implement having a crescent-shaped blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.2. The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.v. sick·led, sick·ling, sick·les v.tr.1. To cut with a sickle.2. To deform (a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.v.intr. To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.adj. Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped: a sickle moon.

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[Middle English sikel, from Old English sicol, from Vulgar Latin sicila, from Latin sēcula; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]