| 单词 | poleax |
| 释义 | poleax /pohl"aks'/, n. , pl. poleaxes /-ak'siz/, v. , poleaxed, poleaxing. n. 1. a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot. 2. an ax, usually with a hammer opposite the cutting edge, used in stunning and slaughtering animals. 3. an ax with both a blade and a hook, formerly used in naval warfare to assist sailors in boarding vessels. v.t. 4. to strike down or kill with or as if with a poleax. [1300-50; ME pollax battle-ax, lit., head-ax (see POLL1, AX); akin to MLG polexe] |
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