sickle
意味
- (麦刈り用の三日月形の)小がま
例文
A sickle that gets used shines.
使っている鎌は光る。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English sikel (also assibilated in sichel), from Old English sicol, siċel, from Proto-West Germanic *sikilu, itself borrowed from Latin sēcula (“sickle”) or sīcīlis (“sickle”). Cognate with Dutch sikkel, German Sichel. Remotely related with English scythe and saw.