单词 | pulaski |
释义 | Pulaskin. U.S. An axe-like tool with a head consisting of axe blade on one side and an adze blade on the other, used esp. in forestry and firefighting. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] > small adzeeOE hatcheta1350 chip axe1371 chipping axec1425 hack-chip1440 hatcha1533 plane-axe1611 planing axe1611 hand-axe1790 hack iron1831 tommy axe1848 tommy1873 Pulaski1924 1924 Frontier Nov. 20 I saw Paul, his back bowed, his Pulaski swingin' like a flail. 1940 Fire Control Notes July 141 It is well for the scout to carry a pulaski or light ax for blazing or hot-spotting. 1948 Highway Traveler Aug. 37/1 Besides technical information on fighting fire with chemicals, or with axe and pulaski, smoke-jumpers are taught to bail out from a specially-constructed tower. 1976 Audubon May 85/3 The Pulaski is a fire-fighting tool, a combination ax and mattock. 1992 N. Maclean Young Men & Fire i. iii. 59 Even after all these years the Pulaski is still the tool for digging fire-lines. 2004 Z. Unger Working Fire xiv. 213 We..started clearing brush with shovels, Pulaskis (an ax with a digging blade on the back), and Macleods (a wide hoe with a rake on the back). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1924 |
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