A Flat Bladed Long Handled Digging Tool. Of wood tapering toward each end used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff and on which the thread is wound as it is spun. Instead of a flat or concave blade they have four or five flat tines.
The overall length is 18 inches. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle. Garden hoes are tools used for weeding cultivating or digging.
The forged steel head weighs 42 pounds and is made by Bellota of Spain.
Flat-bladed or with rounded points spades are sometimes easier to use for shorter people. Dig with a hoe. 2 noun a rounded rod usu. It is used for digging in soil containing rock stones and gravel.
