mattock
(noun) a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mattock (plural mattocks)
An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
mattock (third-person singular simple present mattocks, present participle mattocking, simple past and past participle mattocked)
To cut or dig with a mattock.
Source: Wiktionary
Mat"tock, n. Etym: [AS. mattuc; cf. W. matog.]
Definition: An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax. 'T is you must dig with mattock and with spade. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
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