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Definition of Secateurs
1. Noun. Small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface.
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Secateurs
1. Noun. (chiefly British) small, handheld pruning shears ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Secateurs
1. secateur [n] - See also: secateur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Secateurs
Literary usage of Secateurs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Roses by Louis Durand (1911)
"The advantages of the secateurs are of a different kind. They mean to the ordinary
amateur a saving of time, trouble, and laceration of the hands, ..."
2. Roses, Their History, Development and Cultivation by Joseph Hardwick Pemberton (1908)
"What I prefer is a pair of secateurs having a draw action, such as Fig. ...
French secateurs. has the same action as the knife, or a smaller, handy, ..."
3. The book of the rose by Andrew Foster-Melliar (1902)
"A Rosarian does not much heed ORDINARY secateurs. summer thorns on the young ...
Two good knives, a whetstone, a strong pair of secateurs, and a mat to ..."
4. The Book of the Apple by Harry Higgott Thomas (1902)
"A good sharp pruning-knife is preferable to secateurs, although the work takes
longer to perform, but where pruning is necessary on a large scale secateurs ..."
5. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1873)
"I have not heard of the use of saws, which in the Gironde now everywhere accompany
the use of the secateurs. ..."
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