hatchet-like
- a word derived from hatchet.
Example Sentences
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His nose was long and slightly aquiline; his mouth firm and clear-cut, with thin lips that closed tightly; his chin jutted a little forward, giving a hatchet-like severity to his profile.
From One Man in His Time by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
It has a hatchet-like outline, the blade being semicircular, and the upper part elongated and narrow.
From Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 by Holmes, William Henry
And Oleron watched her until she was past the hatchet-like "To Let" boards, as if he feared that even they might fall upon her and maim her.
From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
The door they had put Oleron in at remained open, apparently till the other inspector should come; and through the opening Oleron had a glimpse of the hatchet-like "To Let" boards among the privet-trees.
From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
Their implements consist of a stick about two inches in diameter and three feet long, wedge-shaped and sharpened at one end, and a broad hatchet-like knife.
From The North American Indian by Curtis, Edward S.
