| 单词 | staff hook |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaff hook staff hook n. now chiefly English regional (southern) an agricultural implement consisting of a long handle with a metal hook or blade at one end, used for cutting hedges and other plants that are difficult to reach, or to gather together material which has been cut down. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > hedging > [noun] > hedging implements hedge-bill1497 hedging-bill1497 staff-hook?1523 plashing-bill?a1549 plashing-tool?a1549 hack-hook1771 rice knife1858 splasher1868 hedge trimmer1871 splashing-bill1899 the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > sickle > types of staff-hook?1523 pease-hook1545 brush-scythe1573 grass hook1665 swipe1742 twibill1763 pea-hook1840 swap-hook1863 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xviv Pees and beanes be..reped or mowen..some with sickels, some with hokes, and some with staffe hokes. 1805 Agric. Mag. Nov. 298 (caption) A Staff Hook used with the Scythe. 1897 H. C. Mercer Tools of Nation Maker 32 The Hainault bare scythe held by a crotch under right arm and worked with one hand, while a staff hook in the left collects the grain. 1989 P. Wyatt Somerset Childhood ii. 19 His tools consisted of a long handled staff hook whose curved blade cut the reed roots and made it easier to flick the reeds onto the bank. 2002 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Late City ed.) 9 You wore a leather glove to protect you from the thorns, pressing back the hedge with one hand and swiping along it with the other, using a brace hook or a staff hook. < as lemmas |
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