MATTOCK

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

Etymology

Noun

mattock (plural mattocks)

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

Verb

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

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