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Definition of Palstave
1. n. A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age.
Definition of Palstave
1. Noun. A prehistoric bronze axe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palstave
1. an axe from the Bronze Age [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palstave
Literary usage of Palstave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and by John Evans (1881)
"The other and more common variety of the palstave form has the portion of the
... I have already made frequent use of the term palstave, and it will be well ..."
2. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of the Royal Irish by Royal Irish Academy Museum, William Robert Wilde (1863)
"651, a very perfect palstave celt, sharp at the angles, hammered all over ...
652, a long, narrow palstave, of bright yellow metal, and remarkable for the ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of the Royal Irish by William Robert Wilde, Royal Irish Academy Museum (1863)
"RDS KAIL-CASE L contains thirty-eight celts of the palstave and socketed ...
651, a very perfect palstave celt, sharp at the angles, hammered all over the ..."
4. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1904)
"As for the Irish specimen with the palstave, one of the two flat axes on it is
of an uncommon flat-faced type, whicli may belong to a somewhat later period, ..."
5. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Stone, Earthen, and Vegetable by William Robert Wilde (1861)
"RDS RAIL-CASE L contains thirty-eight celts of the palstave and socketed ...
651, a very perfect palstave celt, sharp at the angles, hammered all over the ..."
6. Management Desk Alliance/Leicest by HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society (1896)
"Another looped palstave was found on Cockey Moor, near Bolton, in 1839, ...
LOOPED palstave. and Cheshire Antiquarian Society's Transactions, vol. xii., 49, ..."
7. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society edited by Charles William Sutton (1910)
"... showing the distribution of such weapons in this part of the country,
viz., Manchester Moss (looped palstave), Saddleworth (socketed celt), ..."
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