poleaxe
variant of poleax.
Words Nearby poleaxe
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How to use poleaxe in a sentence
The quartos have 'pollax,' the two earliest folios read 'Pollax,' the third 'Polax,' the fourth 'poleaxe.'
Ephemera Critica | John Churton CollinsAnd in this way I suppose you larned how to chop with your little poleaxe.
Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia | William Gilmore SimmsThe Constable wore gilt armour and a plumed helmet, and bore a poleaxe in his hands.
Old and New London | Walter ThornburyWretched brutes there at the cattlemarket waiting for the poleaxe to split their skulls open.
Ulysses | James JoyceWhat th' butcher done I dinnaw; but annyhow they accused him iv wantin' to poleaxe th' governmint; an' they thrun him into a cell.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen | Finley Peter Dunne
British Dictionary definitions for poleaxe
US poleax
/ (ˈpəʊlˌæks) /
another term for battle-axe (def. 1)
a former naval weapon with an axe blade on one side of the handle and a spike on the other
an axe used by butchers to slaughter animals
(tr) to hit or fell with or as if with a poleaxe
Origin of poleaxe
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