mattock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle

WordNet

Mat"tock noun
Etymology
AS. mattuc; cf. W. matog.
Definitions
  1. An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax.
    'T is you must dig with mattock and with spade. Shak.

Webster 1913