| 词汇 | billhook |
| 释义 | billhook noun[ C ] uk /ˈbɪl.hʊk/ us /ˈbɪl.hʊk/ a tool with a wide blade on a handle used for cutting branches off trees（修剪树枝用的）钩镰，砍刀 fcafotodigital/E+/GettyImages Tools -pronged adjustable spanner adze Allen key auger awl excavator gimlet gouge grapnel grappling iron grindstone guillotine plunger prong rasp razor knife reamer sander trowel All these tropical forests are absolutely impenetrable, except to axe and billhook, and after a trail has been laboriously opened, it needs to be cut once or twice a year, so rapid is the growth of vegetation. It was the axes of their fathers that felled the trees, to sell for fuel, and the billhooks of their mothers that hacked away the bushes and grubbed up their very roots to burn on the household cooking hole. That and a billhook stuck in his belt were his only weapons. Examples of billhookbillhook They grow perfectly well in hedges, and in the days of the billhook you could preserve the saplings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The main difference is that the bear was holding a billhook. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It turns gradually more northward, resembling a billhook in plan. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The edge of a billhook is not bevelled to a very narrow angle to avoid binding in green wood. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The hoe and the billhook refer to agriculture and winegrowing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A tool of similar origin is the billhook. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Another very close relation is the meat cleaver -- sizes and handle-fixing of these are often very similar to billhooks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The man, who was in his sixties and armed with a billhook, had rescued an armed marksman and his companions from marauding wolves after their gunpowder had been depleted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like the billhook they were used for cutting saplings (e.g. willow, hazel or chestnut) that were bundled up to make fascines or woven into hurdles, or gabions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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