Etymology

twibill

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Today it means: 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). Full definition →

Middle English twibill ← Old English twibill
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  1. Old English · inherited fromtwibill
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtwibill
  3. English todaytwibill

From Middle English twibill, from Old English twibill, from twi- (“double”) + bill (“edge, blade”), see also billhook.

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