broad-axen.

Forms: see broad adj., n.¹, and adv. and axe n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj., axe n.¹

Etymology: < broad adj. + axe n.¹Compare Old Icelandic breiðǫx, Old Danish brēthøxæ. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbroad-axe.

An axe with a broad head, used for hewing timber, and formerly in war.

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1352 L. Minot Poems (1825) 29 To batail..With brade ax, and with bowes bent.

c1400 Epiph. in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 737 Summe had twybyll, brodax, and nawger.

c1450 Gloss. Garlande in Wright Voc. 137 Dolabra, (gloss.) brode axe.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 201/2 Broode axe, hache large.

1641 Connecticut Publ. Rec. 1 444 A broad axe, 2 narrow axes.

1678 New Castle Court Rec. 361 4 axes, one broad-ax, one hatchett.

1777 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XLIX. 106 Sold..broad axes at 21s.

1779 Maryland Jrnl. 22 June (advt.) A scar cut with the corner of a broad-axe.

1812 Massachusetts Spy 12 Dec. (Thornton) [She] had from the window observed the negro sharpening the broad axe upon the grindstone.

1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas (1837) vi. 52 A chap just about as rough hewn as if he had been cut out of a gum log with a broad axe.

1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. xvi. 355 They..split open his doors with broad-axes.

1855 W. Sargent Braddock's Exped. 84 A roof of puncheons, rudely shaped with the broad-axe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	broad-axe
释义	broad-axen. Forms: see broad adj., n.¹, and adv. and axe n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj., axe n.¹ Etymology: < broad adj. + axe n.¹Compare Old Icelandic breiðǫx, Old Danish brēthøxæ. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbroad-axe. An axe with a broad head, used for hewing timber, and formerly in war. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] > broad broad-axe1352 1352 L. Minot Poems (1825) 29 To batail..With brade ax, and with bowes bent. c1400 Epiph. in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 737 Summe had twybyll, brodax, and nawger. c1450 Gloss. Garlande in Wright Voc. 137 Dolabra, (gloss.) brode axe. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 201/2 Broode axe, hache large. 1641 Connecticut Publ. Rec. 1 444 A broad axe, 2 narrow axes. 1678 New Castle Court Rec. 361 4 axes, one broad-ax, one hatchett. 1777 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XLIX. 106 Sold..broad axes at 21s. 1779 Maryland Jrnl. 22 June (advt.) A scar cut with the corner of a broad-axe. 1812 Massachusetts Spy 12 Dec. (Thornton) [She] had from the window observed the negro sharpening the broad axe upon the grindstone. 1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas (1837) vi. 52 A chap just about as rough hewn as if he had been cut out of a gum log with a broad axe. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. xvi. 355 They..split open his doors with broad-axes. 1855 W. Sargent Braddock's Exped. 84 A roof of puncheons, rudely shaped with the broad-axe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1352
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