pruning-hooks
Garden trimming tools
Pruning-hooks are curved blades mounted on long handles, used for cutting back tree branches and shrubs.
The hooked shape allows reaching and trimming growth that would be difficult to access with straight blades.
The term appears in biblical prophecy about beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruning-hooks—weapons transformed into agricultural tools as a symbol of peace.
Heavy-duty cutting blades
- secateursGarden cutting tool
- loppersLong-handled branch cutters
- clippersHandheld cutting implements
- trimmingCutting away excess
cutting · deadheading · thinning · snipping · horticulture · arboriculture · topiary · grafting
Curved hand-held harvesting blade
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- billhookCurved vegetation-cutting blade
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
vintage · orchard · picking · crop · agricultural · handtool
Edged fighting weapons
- plowsharesBlade cutting soil
- IsaiahHebrew prophet, major book
- MicahHebrew prophetic figure
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
prophecy · disarmament · warfare · transformation · scripture · beating · forging · redemption
Climbing, trailing plants
- grapevinesWine-fruit bearing climbers
- viticultureGrape-growing science
- trellisGarden climbing structure
- tendrilsSlender coiling growths
canopy · training · winemaking · grapes · vinegrower · rootstock · budbreak · canes
shears
Heavy-duty cutting blades
trimming · cutting · deadheading · thinning · snipping · horticulture · arboriculture · topiary · grafting · deadwood
sickle
Curved hand-held harvesting blade
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- billhookCurved vegetation-cutting blade
gleaning · vintage · orchard · picking · crop · agricultural · handtool
swords
Edged fighting weapons
- plowsharesBlade cutting soil
- IsaiahHebrew prophet, major book
- MicahHebrew prophetic figure
peace · prophecy · disarmament · warfare · transformation · scripture · beating · forging · redemption · covenant
vines
Climbing, trailing plants
- grapevinesWine-fruit bearing climbers
- viticultureGrape-growing science
- trellisGarden climbing structure
tendrils · canopy · training · winemaking · grapes · vinegrower · rootstock · budbreak · canes · spurs