noun
- A tool with a curved blade and a handle, used for cutting branches and trimming vegetation.
Usage: Also called a bill hook or bill-hook.; Common in gardening and forestry.
Examples
- The gardener used a billhook to trim the overgrown hedge.
- He grabbed his billhook and headed into the woods to clear dead branches.
- A billhook is an essential tool for anyone maintaining a large garden.
- The farmer's billhook made quick work of the tangled vines.
- She sharpened her billhook before the autumn pruning season began.