twibill

(twībil′)

or twibil

noun

  1. a double-bladed battle-ax
  2. Brit., Dialectal a kind of mattock

Origin: ME twibil < OE < twi-, two + bil, bill

See twibill in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Archaic
  1. A battle-ax with two cutting edges.
  2. A mattock with one blade like an ax and the other like an adz.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English

Origin: : twi-, two; see dwo- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + bil, billhook

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