billhook

Noun

(weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill

Japanese Meaning

中世の柄武器。長い柄に取り付けられ、L字状または側面や刃先に突起（棘）がある刃を備えた武器。

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The museum's display included a rusty billhook, its L-shaped tine a grim reminder of medieval warfare.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その博物館の展示には、さびた中世の長柄武器（かま状の刃とL字形の突起を持つもの）が含まれており、中世の戦の悲惨さを思い起こさせた。

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Sense（1）

(weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill

Sense（2）

I worked very hard in the copse of young ash, with my billhook and a shearing-knife; cutting out the saplings where they stooled too close together, making spars to keep for thatching, wall-crooks to drive into the cob, stiles for close sheep hurdles, and handles for rakes, and hoes, and two-bills, of the larger and straighter stuff.

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Sense（3）

Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).

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Sense（5）

(ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.

billhooks

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