reaping hook

1. 1.

   an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle

   Synonymssicklereap hook

   Broaderedge tool

   Partshaft

Questions about reaping hook

What does reaping hook mean?

reaping hook means "an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle".

What is another word for reaping hook?

Close synonyms include sickle, reap hook. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reaping hook a common word?

reaping hook is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.