froe

noun2

1. •
   A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood.

   • Patch shingles on the barn roof: do we have a maul and froe? — 1997
2. •
   (no longer used) A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.

   • Like to those raging frantic froes / For Bacchus' feasts prepared — 1630