DCHP-1 Online
brush-hook 
n. a long-handled implement with a sharp cutting edge on a hooked blade, used in cutting brush, lopping off branches, etc.
- 1832 (1953) The brushwood is cut away with a brush-hook, an instrument constructed here for the purpose. . . .
- 1963 Therefore most hand-tools are used in line-building and in mopping-up operations after the fire has died down . . . [including] brush-hook [for] clearing brush. . . .
- 1832 (1953) The brushwood is cut away with a brush-hook, an instrument constructed here for the purpose. . . .