billhook Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long-handled saw with a curved blade
    bill.
    • he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree

WordNet

Bill"hook` noun
Etymology
Bill + hook.
Definitions
  1. A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter.

Webster 1913