Definitions
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- noun A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age.
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- noun A
prehistoric bronze axe .
Etymologies
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Danish paalstav.
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Examples
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There is one palstave, with double loops, in the National Collection; and another was found in Ireland at Ballincollig, County Cork, and is in the Evans collection.
The Bronze Age in Ireland George Coffey 1886
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The side flanges and palstave-form developed naturally from this.
The Bronze Age in Ireland George Coffey 1886
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