1. mattock - Noun
2. mattock - Verb
An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax.
Source: Webster's dictionarySent our workmen to it with a spade and Mattock.” Source: Internet
However, I believe, we should not worry that much, because firing a modern howitzer requires more knowledge than using a mattock! Source: Internet
When I was a child, my grandfather would go to work early in the morning with his spade and mattock. Source: Internet