Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, a bearing rep resenting a woodmen's bill for lopping fagots, etc.
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Besides the arms that have been already mentioned, each man is furnished with a large pole-ax, resembling a wood-bill, except that it has a straight edge, and is much heavier: This, in the hands of people who have courage to come to close quarters with an enemy, must be a dreadful weapon; and we were told that they were so dexterous with their lances, that at the distance of sixty feet they would throw them with such exactness as to pierce a man's heart, and such force as to go quite through his body.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Robert Kerr 1784
hernesheir commented on the word wood-bill
A heraldic term. See billhook.
December 6, 2010
bilby commented on the word wood-bill
Bill resents having his faggots lopped. Is that it?
October 7, 2011
Wordplayer commented on the word wood-bill
This word is possibly the only time that you'll see the words loping and fagot in the same sentence..besides bilby's example below.
October 7, 2011