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 )

A dibble.

(dee-BAYR / dee-be-ROHT) n. Word(s); commandment(s).