twibill English

Meaning twibill meaning

What does twibill mean?

twibill noun

— An axe with two cutting blades.

— A mattock.

— 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 besaiguë (or bisaiguë).

— (obsolete) A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe.