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Poleaxe - What does it mean?

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poleaxe

English

(wikipedia poleaxe)

Alternative forms

*poleax, pole-axe, pollaxe, polax

Noun

(en noun)
  • an ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle
  • a long-handled battle-ax, being a combination of ax, hammer and pike

    • Hypernyms

    * polearm

    See also

    * pole hammer * twibill

    Verb

    (poleax)
  • to fell someone with, or as if with, a poleaxe
  • to shock or surprise

    • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.