Definition of Batle-ax
{ Bat"tle-ax` Bat"tle-axe` } (-ăks`),
n. (Mil.) A kind of broadax formerly used as
an offensive weapon.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Weapon) Category:Weapon An axe, used in combat as a weapon; usually large and often double-headed.
Quotations
*1786: Another battle-ax, in the same collection. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page x.
- (colloquial) An unpleasant and unattractive older woman.
Naturally, she deeply resented having been called a battle-ax.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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