The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Billhook \Bill"hook`\, n. [Bill + hook.] A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
billhook n 1: a long-handled saw with a curved blade; "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree" [syn: bill, billhook]