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noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, carpentry, construction, manufacturing
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noun
A mattock with one blade like an axe and the other like an adze.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
A reaping hook, especially for cutting beans and peas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, dialectal
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noun
A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From Middle English twibill, from Old English twibill, from twi- (“double”) + bill (“edge, blade”), see also billhook.
