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Definition of Broadax
1. Noun. A large ax with a broad cutting blade.
Definition of Broadax
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of broadaxe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Broadax
1. a broad-edged ax [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broadax
Literary usage of Broadax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook for Rangers & Woodsmen by Jay Laird Burgess Taylor (1916)
"This is simply a light broadax designed for use in one hand. Ordinarily any hewing
that can be done with a broadax. broadax handle. FIG. ..."
2. Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States by Ralph Clement Bryant (1913)
"Two men then follow, one using the broadax and the other a maul. ... A gash is
then cut into the face by holding the broadax, head down, against the tree at ..."
3. Old Rail Fence Corners: The A.B.C.'s of Minnesota History : Authentic Incidents by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris (1914)
"Our floor was of maple split with wedges and hewed out with a broadax. ...
A broadax was, you know, twelve or fourteen inches wide and the handle was curved ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of war risk insurance. Division of military and naval insurance, United States (1917)
"For this work he needs a knowledge of, as well as skill in, using carpenter's
tools on heavy work and, in addition, some skill with the broadax and adze. ..."
5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"River of the West. Victor. Bad Boy and His Sister, Benj. broadax. Brown. Hist,
of Oregon, vol. I. Wyeth, J. В.. Oregon; or a short lust of. Any Oregon item. ..."
6. The Future of General Adult Books and Reading in America by Jennison, Peter S. (1896)
"... and must be information, chosen strictly with reference to the work in hand.
One would as soon think of mending a pen with a broadax, ..."
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