English-German translations for billhook

Definition of billhook

  • A medieval polearm with a similar construct, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
  • Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery
  • Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species
  • To use a billhook

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