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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pole•ax (pōl′aks′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ax•es (-ak′siz),USA pronunciation v., -axed, -ax•ing. n. - 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.
v.t. - to strike down or kill with or as if with a poleax.
- 1300–50; Middle English pollax battle-ax, literally, head-ax (see poll1, ax); akin to Middle Low German polexe
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