mattocks
Ground-breaking hand implements
Mattocks are hand tools for digging and chopping, with a head that combines an adze blade on one side and either a pick or an axe blade on the other.
The long handle provides leverage for breaking up hard soil, cutting through roots, and loosening rocky ground.
He swung the mattock into the compacted clay.
The tool predates modern shovels and remains useful for rough groundwork where precision matters less than force.
Pointed digging implement
- excavationAct of unearthing
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- shovelTool for moving earth
hoe · mining · quarry · archaeology · burrow · tunnel · ditch · foundation
pickaxe
Pointed digging implement
- excavationAct of unearthing
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
shovel · hoe · mining · quarry · archaeology · burrow · tunnel · ditch · foundation · trowel
adze
Transverse-bladed hewing implement
blade · head · forged · steel · hickory · swing · grip · shaft · weighted · axe blade
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
plowing · horticulture · planting · tillage · furrow · weeding · hoeing · grubbing · vineyard · terracing
mattockstweezers
Pincerlike gripping instrument
scalpels · dental picks · precision instruments · surgical tools · paintbrushes
mattocksexcavators
Machines for digging earth
backhoes · rototillers · jackhammers · bulldozers · trenchers