1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *martellus, diminutive of Latin martulus, marculus hammer
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From Salon • Apr. 28, 2013
The martel had one part of the head with a blunted face, the other pointed, but occasionally both sides were pointed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
If ’tis Pedals for two martel hours of practice I never complain; and he has plenty of vagaries.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
The whole story will have to go through Parliament House, and I shall be high-treasoned—as safe as houses—and be fined, and who'll pay for a poor martel!
From Desperate Remedies by Hardy, Thomas
Il martel d’argento rompe le porte di ferro, or— “A hammer of silver, as we see, Breaks the iron gates of poverty.”
From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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