pruning hook

an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.

Origin of pruning hook

First recorded in 1605–15

Its blade appears to have been slightly curved, like that of a pruning-hook.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia |George Rawlinson
One luminous body was like a serpent coiling itself up; another "like a square table;" another like a pruning-hook.

Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume II (of 2) |Harriet Martineau
If at the time he caused the death, he was working in his vineyard, the pruning-hook must be left to rust on the branch.

The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus |John Ross Macduff
The bulk of the people had forsaken the sword for the plough, and exchanged the spear for the pruning-hook.

Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards |Evan Evans

I have often wished that the pruning-hook of time would use a little more discretion.

Remarks |Bill Nye

pruning hook

a tool with a curved steel blade terminating in a hook, used for pruning