broadax
noun
an ax for hewing timber.
broadaxe
-
a variation of
broadax.
Example Sentences
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“We humans are quite capable of arming ourselves with the most ferocious weaponry but I don’t take my broadaxe to bed with me.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2017
It is also a social satire written in blood with a broadaxe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Makamuk swung the axe, a broadaxe for the squaring of logs.
From Lost Face by Jack London
He lifted the broadaxe to its place, tenderly, almost lovingly.
From Jane Cable by George Barr McCutcheon
This muscle lies under the surface; and, as it is necessary to pass through a membrane of the eye, the cutting cannot be done with a broadaxe or a handsaw.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens
