C. H. N.

Cirencester.

_Heel-rake_, _Ell-rake_, or _Hell-rake_, is a large rake, which upon

being drawn along the ground the teeth run close to the heels of the

person drawing it. This has given it the name of _heel-rake_, its right

name. In Shropshire (and probably in other counties also) this has

become contracted into _ell-rake_.