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Meaning of BATTLE-AX

Pronunciation:  'batl aks

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a broadax used as a weapon
  2. [n]  a sharp-tongued domineering wife
 
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 Synonyms: battle-axe, battle-axe
 
 See Also: broadax, broadaxe, halberd, Lochaber ax, married woman, poleax, poleaxe, wife

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bat"tle-ax`\ Battle-axe \Bat"tle-axe`\(-[a^]ks`), n.
(Mil.)
A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
 

 

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