twibill
noun/ˈtwaɪbɪl/ · /ˈtwaɪbəl/
Etymology From Middle English twibill, from Old English twibill, from twi- (“double”) + bill (“edge, blade”), see also billhook.
1
Business, Carpentry, Construction, Manufacturing 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).
4
Obsolete A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe.
- [A] little fair-haired man, as broad as he was tall, who heaved up a long “twybill,” or double axe.1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 19, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 258: