English Explanatory Dictionary

twibill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. A mattock with one blade like an axe and the other like an adze.
  3. A reaping hook, especially for cutting beans and peas.
  4. A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe.

Pronunciation

/ˈtwaɪbɪl/ /ˈtwaɪbəl/ /ˈtwɪbɪl/ /ˈtwɪbəl/

Word forms

twibill twibills twibil trybill twilbil twybil twyvil

Etymology

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

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