Lexic.us

Definition of Poleaxe

1. Verb. Fell with or as if with a poleax. "They poleaxe the trees"

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

3. Noun. A battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick.

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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