broadax
noun
an ax for hewing timber.
broadaxes
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pluralof broadax.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He, too, was on his legs with a bound, running, doubling, dodging; and at his heels I saw a dozen sailors, broadaxes glittering, chasing him from tree to shrub.
From The Maids of Paradise by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
We shall not be obliged to hew out our material with broadaxes, nor blast it out with dynamite.
From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren
