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Definition of Poleaxe

Poleaxe
Poleax Pole"ax`, Poleaxe Pole"axe`, n. [OE. pollax; cf. OD. pollexe. See Poll head, and Ax.] Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.

Meaning of Poleaxe from wikipedia

- The poleaxe (also pollaxe, pole-axe, pole axe, poleax, polax) is a European polearm that was used by medieval infantry. Most etymological authorities...
- faucon (meaning "falcon's beak"), refers to a related weapon called a poleaxe or, more specifically, to the hook on its reverse side. Husár, Martin;...
- battlefield. Bills, picks, dane axes, spears, glaives, guandaos, pudaos, pikes, poleaxes, halberds, harpoons, sovnyas, tridents, naginatas, bardiches, war scythes...
- The Lochaber axe (Gaelic: tuagh-chatha) is a type of poleaxe that was used almost exclusively in Scotland. It was usually mounted on a staff about five...
- Early Middle Ages and High Middle Ages, later being developed into the poleaxe, halberd and other similar polearms by lengthening the shaft and adding...
- when the hammer was struck, resulting in tremendous force upon impact. Poleaxe Swiss arms and armour Oakeshott, Ewart (1980). European Weapons and Armour...
- late medieval period) Shortsword Ulfberht (Frankish) Scythe War scythe Poleaxe Spear Scimitar Bows English Longbow Daikyu English longbow Welsh longbow...
- Type of long poleaxe...
- (weapon) Horseman's pick Kanabō Lucerne hammer Mace (bludgeon) Ōtsuchi Poleaxe Shepherd's axe Totokia Sargeaunt, Bertram Edward (1908). Weapons, a brief...
- agricultural implement known as a bill and is commonly classified as a type of poleaxe. "That no man presume to wear any weapons, especially Welsh-hooks and forest-bills"...