Hi Florian,
I own a pruning hook and use it for brush clearing.
From
http://www.educagri.fr/hedges/eng/glossary/detail.cfm?code=248
the following definition
A long-armed hook
<http://www.educagri.fr/hedges/eng/glossary/detail.cfm?code=610> used
for delimbing
<http://www.educagri.fr/hedges/eng/glossary/detail.cfm?code=234>,lopping
<http://www.educagri.fr/hedges/eng/glossary/detail.cfm?code=253> and
brush clearing
<http://www.educagri.fr/hedges/eng/glossary/detail.cfm?code=206>, with a
heavy, rather straight blade with a more or less curved end. See
delimbing knife
<http://www.educagri.fr/hedges/eng/glossary/detail.cfm?code=235>. Some
double-edged models have a notch on the back used to push cut branches
out of the way.
See the web page above for an illustration:
The pruning-hook was an implement used by vine-dressers. It appears
that the Hebrews were accustomed regularly to prune their vines
*(Leviticus 25:3; John 15:2)*.
Eric Lilius
florian fischer wrote:
Peggy Holman schrieb:
I had to look it up...."...they shall beat their swords into
ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not
lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more..."
please peggy
tell me the place of the famous quote within the bible
(is it christ´s sermon on the mount ?)
to look after the martin-luther-german meaning of
pruning-hook, cause my dictionary is not clear about.
florian
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