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palstave Archæol.|ˈpɔːlsteɪv|
Also -staff, ‖ paalstave, ‖ paalstab.
[ad. Da. paalstav:—Icel. pálstaf-r, f. páll hoe or spade + staf-r stave, staff.]
A form of celt of bronze or other metal, shaped so as to fit into a split handle, instead of having a socket into which the handle fits.
1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. 255 Implements to which archæologists are now generally agreed in applying the old Scandinavian term Paalstab, or its recently adopted English synonyme, Palstave, originally..designating a weapon employed in battering the shields of the foe. 1877L. Jewitt Half-hrs. among Eng. Antiq. 51 In others the entire weapon is made thicker, with a groove (answering to flanged sides, so far as it goes) on either side, and a stop⁓ridge. These are generally denominated ‘palstaves’, from the old Scandinavian term paalstaf. 1894Notts & Derbysh. N. & Q. Aug. 110 Sixteen socketed celts, four spear-heads,..a palstave with three ribs on the diaphragm above the stop⁓ridge, a ferrule, and other objects. |