Twibill Definition

twībil
noun
A double-bladed battle-ax.
Webster's New World
A kind of mattock.
Webster's New World

An axe with two cutting blades.

Wiktionary
Wiktionary
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 (besaigue)
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Other Word Forms of Twibill

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Singular:
twibill
Plural:
twibills

Origin of Twibill

  • From Middle English twibill, from Old English twibill, from twÄ«- (“double") + bill (“edge, blade"). Note bill probably from German 'beil' or Dutch 'bijl' (axe) see also billhook

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