Definitions
Hand tool with a curved blade used for cutting crops.
Word origin
From Middle English sikel (also assibilated in sichel), from Old English sicol, siċel, from Proto-West Germanic *sikilu, itself borrowed from Latin sēcula (“sickle”) or sīcīlis (“sickle”). Cognate with Dutch sikkel, German Sichel. Remotely related with English scythe and saw.
Used in a sentence
“Coordinate term: scythe”
“Oft did the harveſt to their ſickle yield, Their furrow oft the ſtubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow’d the woods beneath their ſturdy ſtroke!”
“Then, ere the silver sickle of that month Became her golden shield, I stole from court With Cyril and with Florian, unperceived.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Curved farm blade”6 letters
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