Mattock

['mætək]

Definition

(noun.) a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle.

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Definition

(n.) An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax.

Inputed by Laura

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Grub-axe, grubbing-hoe.

Inputed by Ezra

Definition

n. a kind of pickaxe for loosening the soil having the iron ends broad instead of pointed.

Typed by Joan