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sickle

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Significado de sickle

n.

Alfanje, foice.

n.

A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap. A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo

n.

reaping hook, reap hook, edge tool generic term

Vogais: ie

Consoantes: sckl

Palavras Parecidas

sicle, sickly, suckle, sile, shackle, scale, scole, scyle, secle, socle.