| 释义 |
ˈhedging-bill
[bill n.1 4.]
A bill with a long handle used in cutting and trimming hedges.
1497Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 116 Ffelling axes..xxx, Heggyng billes..xxiiij. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §5 An husbande muste haue an axe, a hachet, a hedgyngebyll. 1681Worlidge Dict. Rust. (E.D.S.), A Bill is an edg⁓tool, at the end of a stale or handle; if short then it is called a Hand-bill; if long then a Hedging-bill. 1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 173 Cutting the Palisade..with the Hedging-Bill. 1827De Quincey Murder Wks. 1862 IV. 53 One author contends..for a hedging-bill. |