Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ax with a wide flat head and a short handle; a battle-ax.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A battle-ax.
- noun An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber. See cut under
ax .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.
- noun An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
broadaxe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large ax with a broad cutting blade
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word broadax.
Examples
-
“Just recently she bargained well for salt, honey, and a broadax.”
The Welkening Gregory Spencer 2004
-
“Just recently she bargained well for salt, honey, and a broadax.”
The Welkening Gregory Spencer 2004
-
“Just recently she bargained well for salt, honey, and a broadax.”
The Welkening Gregory Spencer 2004
-
Carpenters shaped the logs into square beams using a hand tool called a broadax.
THE ARROWS COOKBOOK Clark Frasier 2003
-
So John Gaggerty, acting on behalf of God, took a broadax and went for sinner Fordney and chopped him down, severing his head, and then he went after the scarlet woman Mrs. Trippet and chopped her down too, slaying her in the scene of her sin.
Centennial Michener, James 1974
-
September looked subdued and worried as he wiped his broadax.
Icerigger Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1974
-
It still stood there, the one reminder of the days of old, the one thing left of Earth, with its great, scarred oak mantel that his father had carved out with a broadax from a massive log and had smoothed by hand with plane and draw-shave.
Way Station Simak, Clifford D., 1904- 1963
-
Our house was made from logs hewed flat with a broadax.
Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various
-
Our floor was of maple split with wedges and hewed out with a broadax.
Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various
-
A broadax was, you know, twelve or fourteen inches wide and the handle was curved a little.
Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.