Synonyms for billhook

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bil-hoo k

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪlˌhʊk

Définition of billhook

As in hatchet : noun ax

Example sentences :

I say, Buck,” he said, “it will be a case of spade and shovel and billhook to-morrow.
Extract from : « Dead Man's Land » by George Manville Fenn

“I believe that the pirate has taken the merchantman,” replied Mr Billhook.
Extract from : « The Missing Ship » by W. H. G. Kingston

Mr Billhook had taken the telescope and was narrowly examining the stranger.
Extract from : « The Missing Ship » by W. H. G. Kingston

“Well, then, let us go and look after some others,” exclaimed Mr Billhook.
Extract from : « The Missing Ship » by W. H. G. Kingston

Keep them to yourself, or, by George, we'll take 'em off with a billhook!
Extract from : « Chronicles of Martin Hewitt » by Arthur Morrison

That and a billhook stuck in his belt were his only weapons.
Extract from : « King Olaf's Kinsman » by Charles Whistler

He was, it seemed, a “hedger and ditcher,” and his leathern gauntlets and billhook lay beside him on the ale-house bench.
Extract from : « The Brighton Road » by Charles G. Harper

Looking up, billhook in hand as a horseman struck sparks from the ride by the walk, he recognized Philip Taverney.
Extract from : « The Mesmerist's Victim » by Alexandre Dumas

They attach to their waist-string or cloth a billhook and knife, and carry their bows and arrows slung on their shoulders.
Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

Here he took the billhook and the saw from his assistant, and strode on, swinging one of the tools in each hand.
Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray

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