A tool for making holes in the soil for individual seeds, bulbs or plants. It is often made from the top 6 to 9 ins of the handle of a broken garden fork or spade giving a useful handle and then the other end is rounded off.
a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
a garden tool used to make holes in cultivated soil for planting seeds, bulbs and seedlings )