The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dutch hoe
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.]
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.
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(Zo["o]l.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.
Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.
Usage examples of "dutch hoe".
They must be kept thoroughly free from weeds and the soil gathered up round the roots with a Dutch hoe from time to time.