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poleax definition

pole·ax or poleaxe pole′·axe′ (pōl′aks′)

noun pl. poleaxes -·ax′es

  1. a long-handled battle-ax
  2. any ax with a spike, hook, or hammer opposite the blade

Etymology: altered (infl. by pole) < ME pollax < pol, poll + ax, ax

transitive verb poleaxed -·axed′, poleaxing -·ax′·ing

to attack or fell with or as with a poleax

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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