an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
"The farmer reached down to grab his rusty sickle before starting to cut the overgrown weeds in the corner of the field."
An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
"The old farmer reached into the shed to grab his rusted sickle before heading out to cut the tall oats by moonlight."
To cut with a sickle.
"He used his sharp tool to carefully cut the tall grass near the fence line."
Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
"The farmer noticed a strange, sickle-shaped tear in his tarp that must have been made by a sharp stone."