twibill

Meaning

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).
• A mattock with one blade like an axe and the other like an adze.
• A reaping hook, especially for cutting beans and peas.
• A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe.

Origin

• From Middle English twibill, from Old English twibill, from twī- + bill, see also billhook.