Definition of Reap hook

1. Noun. An edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle.

Exact synonyms: Reaping Hook, Sickle
Generic synonyms: Edge Tool
Terms within: Haft, Helve

Definition of Reap hook

1. Noun. A sickle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reap Hook

reannounce
reannounced
reannounces
reannouncing
reanoint
reanointed
reanointing
reanoints
reans
reanswer
reanswered
reanswering
reanswers
reap
reap-silver
reap hook (current term)
reap what one sows
reapable
reaped
reaper
reaper binder
reapers
reapest
reapeth
reaphook
reaphooks
reaping
reaping hook
reapparel
reappear

Literary usage of Reap hook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Quarter Century of American Politics by Champ Clark (1920)
"CHAPTER XXVI Ruth's reap-hook, McCormick's reaper—Senator McCormick's opportunity— ... In our days the scythe and cradle crowded out the reap-hook. ..."

2. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1811)
"... in which the crops have been remarkably straggled, and bad to reap, owing to the heavy rain» and winds. That the common reap-hook¡ ^f. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Miracles: Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1901)
"In allusion to this miracle, Albert d'Ogna is represented with a reap-hook in Christian art. —Acta Sanctorum (Bollandists), May 13, vol. ii. ..."

4. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"Nay! there Т took my stand, with my reap-hook in my hand, For Woody was the sheaf that I might reap; ... And ript him with my reap-hook through the dork. ..."

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