单词 | pole-hammer |
释义 | pole-hammern. Military History. Any of various kinds of war-hammer. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > hammer maulc1325 mell1333 martel1481 pole-hammer1873 1873 W. K. Sullivan O'Curry's Anc. Irish I. Introd. 459 In the fourteenth century the war hammer was in general use... The foot soldiers had it fixed on a long pole, whence the name Pole-hammer. 1978 Shakespeare Q. 29 410/2 The warrior's pole-hammer is a huge pickaxe, so heavy that he must hold it high to keep his balance as he mounts. 1995 J. L. Singman & W. McLean Daily Life Chaucer's Eng. vii. 156 This type of axe was closely related to the pole-hammer, which bore a hammer head backed by a spike or fluke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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