Word Meaning

Meaning of sickle

- A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap.
- A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.

Crossword clue for sickle

- Crop cutting tool
- Cutting implement
- Does it bode ill to return the Spanish blade?
- Grain-cutting tool
- Reaper
- Reaping hook
- Reaping tool
- Tool with a curved blade