Definition of Poleaxe

1. Noun. An ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade.

Exact synonyms: Poleax
Generic synonyms: Ax, Axe
Derivative terms: Poleax

2. Verb. Fell with or as if with a poleax. "They poleaxe the trees"
Exact synonyms: Poleax
Generic synonyms: Cut Down, Drop, Fell, Strike Down
Derivative terms: Poleax, Poleax

3. Noun. A battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick.
Exact synonyms: Poleax
Generic synonyms: Battle-ax, Battle-axe
Derivative terms: Poleax

Definition of Poleaxe

1. Noun. an ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle ¹

2. Noun. a long-handled battle-ax, being a combination of ax, hammer and pike ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) to fell someone with, or as if with, a poleaxe ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Poleaxe

1. to poleax [v -AXED, -AXING, -AXES] - See also: poleax

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poleaxe

pole jam
pole jump
pole jumper
pole jumping
pole ligation
pole position
pole positions
pole star
pole stars
pole vault
pole vaulter
pole vaulting
polearm
polearms
poleax
poleaxe (current term)
poleaxed
poleaxes
poleaxing
polecat
polecat weed
polecats
poled
poledavies
poledavy
polehole
poleis
poleless
polelike
polemarch

Literary usage of Poleaxe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Walter Morris Hart (1917)
"An angry parle " will then mean a skirmish, and the allusion will be to some war, not with the Norwegians, but with the Poles. (2) " The sledded poleaxe ..."

2. A Treatise on Public Health and Its Applications in Different European by Albert Julius Palmberg (1895)
"The pigs are knocked down with a poleaxe. They are scalded before being eviscerated. It is forbidden to singe them on account of the unpleasant smell. ..."

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