1. plural of sickle; curved blades with short handles used for cutting grain or grass

Examples

• The farmers sharpened their sickles before the harvest.
• Ancient sickles were made of bronze or iron.
• She collected several old sickles from the barn.
• The museum displayed farming tools including sickles and scythes.
• Workers used sickles to cut the tall grass by hand.
• The sickles hung on hooks in the tool shed.