The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pruning \Prun"ing\, n.
The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.
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(Falconry) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings.
--Beau. & Fl.Pruning hook, or Pruning knife, cutting instrument used in pruning trees, etc.
Pruning shears, shears for pruning trees, vines, etc.
WordNet
n. a knife with a curved or hooked blade
Usage examples of "pruning knife".
Baryat steps forward, his entire body trembling in anger, half-lifting the pruning knife.
Abruptly, Baryat lunges forward with the glistening pruning knife slashing toward Lorn.
Miss Maria and Miss Cicely brought forward very spirited objections when they saw to what use the pruning knife was to be put.
One evening just after sunset they saw the topmost branches shake in the gloaming and heard the snick of a pruning knife.
She poked a finger into his ear, hard, and laid the pruning knife on his thigh, pointed where he could not ignore it.
Every green thing thrived under his hand, and it was the pruning knife he desired to hold, and not the sword.
Upright before her in her right hand she held ritualistically a large pruning knife.