Search Result for "dutch_hoe":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling;
[syn: scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoe \Hoe\, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.] 1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. [1913 Webster] Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Dutch hoe n 1: a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling [syn: scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe]