pruning-hook

Orchard trimming blade

A pruning-hook is a long-handled tool with a curved blade, used for cutting back branches and vegetation that are out of reach.

The hook shape allows the user to pull a branch toward the blade while cutting.

In biblical usage, swords beaten into pruning-hooks symbolize the transformation from war to peaceful agriculture.

tool

billhook

Curved vegetation-cutting blade

sickle · scythe · blade · handle · curved · long-handled · cutting-edge · forged · steel · sharpening

vineyard

grapevines

Wine-fruit bearing climbers

vinegrower · canes · cordons · spurs · canopy · shoots · tendrils · harvest · picking · espalier

biblical

Isaiah

Hebrew prophet, major book

  • MicahHebrew prophetic figure
  • prophecyForetelling of future events
  • peaceFreedom from disturbance

disarmament · scripture · agricultural · ancient · harvest · symbolism · covenant · restoration · messianic

technique

lopping

Cutting away branches

pollarding · coppicing · deadheading · suckering · shaping · training · clean-cut · node · bud · collar

orchard

fruit-trees

Plants bearing edible produce

deadwood · canopy · thinning · shaping · training · espalier · grafting · rootstock · bearing · dormancy

Opposites
tool function

pruning-hookpitchfork

Pronged tool for moving straw

rake · scythe · sickle · fruit picker · collection basket

WAR vs. PEACE (Biblical/symbolic)

pruning-hookspear

Pole with sharp point

sword · lance · pike · javelin · battle-axe

horticultural action

pruning-hookseed drill

Machine for sowing crops

watering can · dibber · trowel

Family

hook, hooked, prune, hooks, pruning, hooky, unhooked, pruned, pruner

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G