poleax

[ pohl-aks ]

/ ˈpoʊlˌæks /

a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.

an ax, usually with a hammer opposite the cutting edge, used in stunning and slaughtering animals.

an ax with both a blade and a hook, formerly used in naval warfare to assist sailors in boarding vessels.

to strike down or kill with or as if with a poleax.

Origin of poleax

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English pollax “battle-ax,” literally, “head-ax” (see poll¹, ax); akin to Middle Low German polexe

polar vortex, polar wander, Polatsk, polder, pole, poleax, poleaxe, pole bean, polecat, pole compass, Pol. Econ.

He considered a grate-bar from a heating furnace, and then he found the poleax, lying among a pile of wormeaten boards.
Police Operation|H. Beam Piper

单词	poleax
释义	poleax or pole·axe [ pohl-aks ] / ˈpoʊlˌæks / noun, plural pole·ax·es [pohl-ak-siz]. /ˈpoʊlˌæk sɪz/. a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot. an ax, usually with a hammer opposite the cutting edge, used in stunning and slaughtering animals. an ax with both a blade and a hook, formerly used in naval warfare to assist sailors in boarding vessels. verb (used with object), pole·axed, pole·ax·ing. to strike down or kill with or as if with a poleax. Origin of poleax First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English pollax “battle-ax,” literally, “head-ax” (see poll¹, ax); akin to Middle Low German polexe Words nearby poleax polar vortex, polar wander, Polatsk, polder, pole, poleax, poleaxe, pole bean, polecat, pole compass, Pol. Econ. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for poleax He considered a grate-bar from a heating furnace, and then he found the poleax, lying among a pile of wormeaten boards. Police Operation\|H. Beam Piper
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