What does battle-axe mean?
Definitions for battle-axe
bat·tle-ax·e
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Princeton's WordNet
battle-ax, battle-axenoun
a sharp-tongued domineering wife
battle-ax, battle-axenoun
a broadax used as a weapon
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battle-axe
A battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were specialized versions of utility axes. Many were suitable for use in one hand, while others were larger and were deployed two-handed. Axes designed for warfare ranged in weight from just over 0.5 to 3 kg (1 to 7 lb), and in length from just over 30 cm (1 ft) to upwards of 150 cm (5 ft), as in the case of the Danish axe or the sparth axe. Cleaving weapons longer than 150 cm would arguably fall into the category of polearms.
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battle-axe
A battle-axe is a large, heavy, two-handed weapon with a broad blade fixed to a long handle, often with a double edged head, used historically in warfare by infantry soldiers and knights, especially during the Middle Ages. It is also occasionally used to describe a forceful or aggressive woman.
Webster Dictionary
Battle-axenoun
a kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
battle-axe
A weapon much used by the early northern nations, Celtic and Scandinavian, requiring great strength in its use. Some were held with one hand, some with two; the former kind could be wielded equally by horse and foot, but the latter was for foot soldiers only. The battle-axe has a longer handle, and a broader, stronger, and sharper blade than the common axe. During the Middle Ages and somewhat earlier, it was much used in sorties, and to prevent the escalading of a besieged fortress. The pole-axe differed but little from the battle-axe. The black-bill and brown-bill were a sort of halbert, having a cutting part like a woodman’s bill, with a spike projecting from the back, and another from the head. The glaive was a kind of pole-axe or bill used by the Welsh.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of battle-axe in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of battle-axe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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