swoe - What does it mean?

Noun

(en-noun)

A kind of cutting hoe with sharp edges.

* 1966 , The Rose Annual

I approached the new light hoes, swoes and other garden tools with some degree of scepticism, feeling that weight aided the cutting down operation. After two summers I am quite converted, especially as I am two years older.

*{{quote-news|year=2007|date=July 26|author=Anne Raver|title=Recognizing Those Who Keep Brooklyn in Bloom|work=New York Times citation

|passage=(She told me I must buy a swoe , a long-handled weeder sold by Fiskars, that changed her life.) }}