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
And I determined that if I had to ran to the ends of the earth, I should never be Hereditary Executioner nor yet handle the broadaxe on the bared necks of my fellow-men.
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Faith with a broadaxe, Valor and Hope with a two-handled saw, while Love dug post-holes and set up timbers?
From Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories by Edward E. Hale
The rich dark wood of its walls and floor—all rudely smoothed with the broadaxe and the whipsaw—hung overhead in massive beams.
From Round Anvil Rock A Romance by Nancy Huston Banks
