broadax

/brawd-aks/US // ˈbrɔdˌæks //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural broad·ax·es [brawd-ak-siz]. /ˈbrɔdˌæk sɪz/.
- : an ax for hewing timber.
- : an ax with a broad head, used as a battle-ax.

A broadax was, you know, twelve or fourteen inches wide and the handle was curved a little.
We had a broadax and we drove it into a block of wood and used it for an anvil.
The joists above and below were made of logs, the upper ones squared with a broadax.
Our table was made of puncheons split with a wedge and hewed with a broadax.
Our floor was of maple split with wedges and hewed out with a broadax.