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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 ...
Battle-axe (woman) Carrie Nation, brandishing a hatchet. A battle-axe is a derogatory traditional stereotype describing a woman characterized as aggressive, overbearing and forceful. The term originated as a gender-independent descriptor in the early 20th century, but became primarily applied to women around the middle of the century.
The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 11 in) at the low end to 1.5–1.7 metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end. Sometimes called a broadaxe ( Old Norse ...
A war hammer (French: martel-de-fer, "iron hammer") is a weapon that was used by both foot soldiers and cavalry. It is a very old weapon and gave its name, owing to its constant use, to Judah Maccabee, a 2nd-century BC Jewish rebel, and to Charles Martel, one of the rulers of France. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the war hammer became an ...
The tabarzin (saddle axe) ( Persian: تبرزین; sometimes translated "saddle-hatchet") is the traditional battle axe of Persia ( Iran ). It bears one or two crescent-shaped blades. The long form of the tabar was about seven feet long, while a shorter version was about three feet long. What makes the Persian axe unique is the very thin handle ...
An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle. (historical) A long-handled battle axe, being a combination of ax, hammer and pike. As a transitive verb: [6] (transitive) To fell someone with, or as if with, a poleaxe. (transitive, figurative) To astonish; to shock or surprise utterly.
In real estate, a battle axe block, hammerhead block, [1] hatchet block or flagpole block [2] is a block of land situated behind another, with access to the street through a narrow driveway shared by both properties. [3] They are named for their distinct L-shape, which is said to look like a battle axe, hammer, hatchet or flagpole from above.
The labrys, or pelekys, is the double axe Zeus uses to invoke storm and, the relatively modern Greek word for lightning is "star-axe" (ἀστροπελέκι astropeleki) The worship of the double axe was kept up in the Greek island of Tenedos and in several cities in the south-west of Asia Minor, and it appears in later historical times in ...