Twibill

//ˈtwaɪbɪl// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A two-edged tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortises, with a flat chisel and a mortise chisel or hook, similar to the much larger French carpenter's tool, the besaiguë (or bisaiguë).
  2. 2
    A mattock with one blade like an axe and the other like an adze. British, dialectal
  3. 3
    A reaping hook, especially for cutting beans and peas. England, dialectal
  4. 4
    A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe. obsolete

    "[A] little fair-haired man, as broad as he was tall, who heaved up a long “twybill,” or double axe."

Synonyms

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bipennisbipennislabrys

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"[A] little fair-haired man, as broad as he was tall, who heaved up a long “twybill,” or double axe."

Etymology

From Middle English twibill, from Old English twibill, from twi- (“double”) + bill (“edge, blade”), see also billhook.

Related phrases

battle axe

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