Mattock

A hand tool with a heavy head bearing a pick or adze blade, used to break hard ground, chop roots, and dig.

Adze: A cutting tool with a blade set at a right angle to its handle, used for shaping wood or soil. The adze-like blade on one mattock pattern slices roots and loosens earth.
Grubbing hoe: A heavy hoe designed to cut roots and clear woody vegetation from soil. It performs similar root-clearing work, often with a hoe-shaped rather than pick-shaped head.
Pick: A hand tool with a pointed head used to break hard materials or ground. A pick emphasizes concentrated penetration, while many mattocks add a broad chopping blade.
Pick mattock: A mattock with one pointed end and one broad, adze-like blade. This common form combines penetration with chopping in a single head.
Pickaxe: A long-handled tool with a pointed metal head for breaking rock or hard ground. Its pointed head contrasts with the mattock’s broader cutting blade.
Rocky soil: Soil containing abundant stones or rock fragments that impede digging and cultivation. A mattock’s pointed end can penetrate ground that resists a spade.
Hoe: A farming tool with a blade set across a handle, used to cultivate soil and remove weeds. A hoe is lighter and suited to surface cultivation rather than forceful excavation.
Cutter mattock: A mattock variant with a broad, sharpened blade for cutting roots and clearing ground. Its wider cutting edge favors root work over the narrow penetration of a pick end.
Tool handle: The grip and shaft through which a hand tool is held and force is applied. The long handle gives the heavy mattock head leverage and striking speed.
Root cutting: The severing of plant roots with a blade or other cutting tool. The broad blade makes the mattock useful for severing roots during excavation.

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