mattock

/ˈmætək/
noun 1verb 1name 1

Definitions

noun

1

An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.

Workmen, breaking up an old floor, have come to him, mattocks in their hands, dismayed: ‘Mr Richard, see what we have turned up ...’

verb

1

To cut or dig with a mattock.

name

1

A surname.

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