twi·bill (tw  b l )n. Archaic 1. A battle-ax with two cutting edges. 2. A mattock with one blade like an ax and the other like an adz. [Middle English, from Old English : twi-, two; see dwo- in Indo-European roots + bil, billhook.] |
twibill, twibil [ˈtwaɪˌbɪl]
n
1. (Engineering / Tools) a mattock with a blade shaped like an adze at one end and like an axe at the other
2. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Archaic a double-bladed battle-axe
[Old English, from twi- two, double + bill sword, bill3]
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