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Definition of Reap hook
1. Noun. An edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle.
Definition of Reap hook
1. Noun. A sickle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reap Hook
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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