sickle

(noun)

Hand-held agricultural tool with a variously curved blade typically used for harvesting grain crops or cutting succulent forage (either freshly cut or dried as hay) used chiefly to feed livestock.

Related Terms

Examples of sickle in the following topics:

  • The Rise of Egyptian Civilization

    • The Qadan culture practiced wild-grain harvesting along the Nile, and developed sickles and grinding stones to collect and process these plants.

  • Dunkirk and Vichy France

    • This part of the plan later became known as the Sichelschnitt ("sickle cut").

  • Daily Medieval Life

    • They typically planted rye, oats, peas, and barley, and harvested crops with a scythe, sickle, or reaper.