Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An ancient ax with two blades, one on each side of the handle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

Etymologies

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Latin bipennis ("two-winged")

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