Definition of "handbill"

handbill¹

noun
plural handbills
1. A pruning hook.
2. A chopping instrument; billhook.

handbill²

noun
plural handbills
1. A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
  Quotations
  Messengers for Mankind.—By Wilfrid L. Randell. [...] Among the many illustrations is a reproduction of the historic handbill of the Great Western Railway announcing the introduction of the railway electric telegraph more than 100 years ago.
  1941 March, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 144