twibill

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Definition of twibill in English English dictionary

A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe

A double bladed tool used in gate type hurdle making for cutting out mortices, with a flat chisel and a mortice chisel or hook, similar to the much larger french carpenter's tool, the bisaigue (or besaigue)

An axe with two cutting blades

A mattock

A double bladed tool used in gate type hurdle making for cutting out mortices, with a flat chisel and a mortice chisel or hook, similar to the much larger french carpenters tool, the bisaigue (or besaigue)

Hyphenation

twi·bill

Etymology

() From Middle English twibill, from Old English twibill from twī- (“double”) + bill (“edge, blade”).