A curved cutting tool with a hooked blade, used for cutting grass and reaping grain.
Compound of 'grass' (Old English 'gærs') and 'hook' (Old English 'hōc'). A traditional agricultural implement dating back centuries, designed with a curved shape to efficiently harvest vegetation.
The grasshook design is so effective that similar tools are still used in parts of Asia and Africa today—the curved blade's physics makes it require less force than straight-edged tools for the same cutting work.
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