noun
- Plural of billhook; a tool with a curved blade and a handle, used for cutting branches and trimming vegetation.
Usage: Chiefly British; Often used in gardening and forestry
Examples
- The gardener used billhooks to trim the overgrown hedges.
- Billhooks are essential tools for maintaining woodland paths.
- She sharpened her billhooks before the spring pruning season.
- The farmer kept several billhooks in the barn for cutting branches.
- Billhooks have been used in agriculture for centuries.