broadax

or broad·axe

[ brawd-aks ]

noun,plural broad·ax·es

[brawd-ak-siz]. /ˈbrɔdˌæk sɪz/.

an ax for hewing timber.
an ax with a broad head, used as a battle-ax.

Origin of broadax

¹

before 1000; Middle English brodax,Old English brādæx.See broad, ax

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How to use broadax in a sentence

A broadax was, you know, twelve or fourteen inches wide and the handle was curved a little.
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We had a broadax and we drove it into a block of wood and used it for an anvil.
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The joists above and below were made of logs, the upper ones squared with a broadax.
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Our table was made of puncheons split with a wedge and hewed with a broadax.
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Our floor was of maple split with wedges and hewed out with a broadax.
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