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Meanings of poleaxe in English

Spanish
hacha de petos

A battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick.

hacha de petos
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Examples for "poleax"
Examples for "poleax"
1
He was coming two steps at a time, holding a poleax at port arms.
Divide and Rule
2
She shivered like an animal as it is hit in the head with a poleax.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
3
Some barbarian chief with a poleax and war paint?
Act of will
4
He was even bigger than Sir Howard, and he brandished his poleax like a switch.
Divide and Rule
5
But if they make it thick enough to stop a poleax, it'll make you top-heavy, I think.
Divide and Rule
Usage of poleaxe in English
1
Down he went, just like a steer hit with a poleaxe.
IT
2
And in this way I suppose you larned how to chop with your little poleaxe.
Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
3
Ser Rodrik should teach me to use a poleaxe.
A Game of Thrones
4
A man is knocked down by the unforeseen blow, like an ox by the poleaxe.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
5
She looked like she'd been hit with a poleaxe.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
6
If I had a poleaxe with a big long haft, Hodor could be my legs.
A Game of Thrones
7
A German foot soldier's poleaxe used, at the end of the fourteenth century is shown in Fig.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
8
He swung the poleaxe that he carried, and the Dutchman went down in blood with a cloven skull.
Captain Blood
9
Keith, acting under previous instructions, promptly seized a helmet and poleaxe and made his way to the front.
The Gray Dawn
10
Ser Lucas struck with his poleaxe.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
11
It ought to be a poleaxe!
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
12
On Thursday evening, she will fight in the women's poleaxe event, against veteran combatants from Europe and the US.
Radio NZ
13
In a bound her well-beloved was beside her, flinging away his bloody poleaxe, he opened wide his arms to enfold her.
Captain Blood
14
A fierce struggle took place round the market cross, during which Sir John Byron was wounded in the face with a poleaxe.
A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucesters...
15
Beside him the Beetle-kinden in the sentinel armour slammed his poleaxe down, buckling a shield and breaking the arm that carried it.
Empire in black and gold
16
One of the defenders lay dead, with his head cloven to his shoulders with a poleaxe, but another had taken his place.
The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
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