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What (who) is pruning shears - definition
Pruning shears
![Collection of secateurs at [[Breamore House]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Collection of secateurs.jpg?width=200 "Collection of secateurs at [[Breamore House]].")
TYPE OF SCISSORS FOR USE WITH PLANTS
Secateurs; Secateur; Pruner; Garden shears; Hand pruners; Anvil pruner; Anvil pruners; Secuteurs; Pruning shear
Pruning shears, also called hand pruners (in American English), or secateurs (in British English), are a type of scissors for use on plants. They are strong enough to prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimetres thick.
secateurs
TYPE OF SCISSORS FOR USE WITH PLANTS
Secateurs; Secateur; Pruner; Garden shears; Hand pruners; Anvil pruner; Anvil pruners; Secuteurs; Pruning shear
Secateurs are a gardening tool that look like a pair of strong, heavy scissors. Secateurs are used for cutting the stems of plants. (BRIT; in AM, use pruning shears
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N-PLURAL: also a pair of N
secateurs
TYPE OF SCISSORS FOR USE WITH PLANTS
Secateurs; Secateur; Pruner; Garden shears; Hand pruners; Anvil pruner; Anvil pruners; Secuteurs; Pruning shear
[?s?k?'t?:z, 's?k?t?:z]
¦ plural noun Brit. a pair of pruning clippers for use with one hand.
Origin
C19: plural of Fr. secateur 'cutter', formed irregularly from L. secare 'to cut'.
Examples of use of pruning shears
1. PM LOS ANGELES –– To prosecutors, Robert "Roy" van de Hoek is a vandal with pruning shears.
2. I am much more skilled with a brush and roller than I am with a hoe and pruning shears, and it‘s funny when I can sense Grandpa‘s ideas guiding each coat.
3. Wednesday September 6, 2006 7:01 PM By NOAKI SCHWARTZ Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – To prosecutors, Robert Roy‘‘ van de Hoek is a vandal with pruning shears.