crowbill

Noun

A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc., from wounds.
Synonym of bec de corbin (“poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole”).

Origin / Etymology

From crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”) + bill (“beak of a bird”). Sense 1 (“kind of forceps”) is probably from its appearance, while sense 2 (“type of poleaxe”) is a calque of French bec de corbin (literally “crow or raven's beak”).

Synonyms

bec de corbin, crow's bill

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