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Categories: Articles with short description, Medieval blade weapons, Forestry tools, Machetes, Mechanical hand tools

bill billhook bill-guisarme Bill-hook bill hook

A long-handled saw with a curved blade WordNet 3.0

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A long-handled saw with a curved blade WordNet 3.0

A cutting tool with a sharp edge Open English WordNet

A billhook or bill hook, also called a pruning knife or spar hook, is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and branches. Wikipedia

A bill is a class of agricultural implement used for trimming tree limbs, which was often repurposed for use as an infantry polearm. Wikipedia

A weapon similar to a halberd Wikipedia Disambiguation

Polearm weapon used by infantry in medieval Europe Wikidata

Cutting tool Wikidata

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. Wiktionary

Cutting instrument. Wiktionary (translation)

A medieval polearm with a similar construct, 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. Wiktionary

He used a bill to prune branches off of the tree WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

bill, billhook

Wikipedia

billhook, bill (weapon)