Pick axe

Pick-axe

Pick-axe: in has been supposed that the old French pieces in the following arms may mean picks or pick-axes, in allusion to the name of the bearer rather than to the natural meaning of the expression, viz. silver coins. See also under Axe.

Monsire de PICKWORTH, gules, a une bend entre vj pierces d'argent--Roll, temp. ED. III.