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Definition of Martel
1. v. i. To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.
Definition of Martel
1. Noun. a hammer, especially a war hammer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Martel
1. to hammer [v MARTELLED, MARTELLING, MARTELS] - See also: hammer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Martel
Literary usage of Martel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Christian civilization should continue or Mohammedanism prevail throughout Europe.
It was this battle, it is said, that gave Charles his name, martel ..."
2. England Under the Angevin Kings by Norgate, Kate (1887)
"NOTE B. THE HEIR OF GEOFFREY martel. Of the disposal of his territories made by
Geoffrey martel there are three versions. 1. The Gesta Cons. ..."
3. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1862)
"Charles martel was obliged to Saracens again extended their possessions order to
drive them back to Narbonne. ..."
4. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1793)
"THE SPIRIT OF LAWS. Book XXXI. CHAP. XIV. Of the f eft of Charles martel. I find
moreover that one part of them J was given at ..."
5. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson (1918)
"CHAPTER VI CHARLES martel AND PIPPIN 24. Just as the pope was becoming the
acknowledged head Charles of the Western Church, the Frankish realms came ..."
6. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"Pepins, whom his father named in his own language Karl, and who is renowned in
history as Charles martel, the bulwark of Christendom, the father of kings ..."
7. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1851)
"When Charles martel, prematurely old, felt the near approach of death, he
apportioned amongst his three elder sons, Carloman, Pepin, ..."
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