'Dutch hoe' definitions:
Definition of 'Dutch hoe'
From: WordNet
noun
A hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling [syn: scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe]
Definition of 'Dutch hoe'
From: GCIDE
- Hoe \Hoe\, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.]
- 1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. [1913 Webster]
- Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.
- Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator. [1913 Webster]