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
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 Banks, Nancy Huston
A sailor stood by the door wiping the stained blade of his broadaxe, and I called on him to aid us.
From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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 Hale, Edward E.
