English Dictionary

billhook

noun

(weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill

He wielded a billhook in battle.

意味（1）

(weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill

意味（2）

An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.

I worked very hard in the copse of young ash, with my billhook and a shearing-knife; cutting out the saplings where they stooled too close together, making spars to keep for thatching, wall-crooks to drive into the cob, stiles for close sheep hurdles, and handles for rakes, and hoes, and two-bills, of the larger and straighter stuff.

意味（3）

Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).

意味（4）

Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.

意味（5）

(ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.