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poleaxe
[ pohl-aks ]
poleaxe
/ ˈpəʊlˌæks /
noun
- another term for battle-axe
- a former naval weapon with an axe blade on one side of the handle and a spike on the other
- an axe used by butchers to slaughter animals
verb
- tr to hit or fell with or as if with a poleaxe
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poleaxe1
C14 pollax battle-axe, from poll + axe
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Example Sentences
The quartos have 'pollax,' the two earliest folios read 'Pollax,' the third 'Polax,' the fourth 'Poleaxe.'
From Project Gutenberg
And in this way I suppose you larned how to chop with your little poleaxe.
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The Constable wore gilt armour and a plumed helmet, and bore a poleaxe in his hands.
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Wretched brutes there at the cattlemarket waiting for the poleaxe to split their skulls open.
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What th' butcher done I dinnaw; but annyhow they accused him iv wantin' to poleaxe th' governmint; an' they thrun him into a cell.
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