Sentence:  I worked very hard in the copse of young ash, with my <WSD>billhook</WSD> and a shearing-knife; cutting out the saplings where they stooled too close together, making spars to keep for thatching, wall-crooks to drive into the cob, stiles for close sheep hurdles, and handles for rakes, and hoes, and two-bills, of the larger and straighter stuff. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.