Significados de swing the maul en inglés

Would you have had the courage to swing the maul for the first blow if you had seen that bulkhead?

He did not swing the maul late the next Saturday that came, but took up his journey and reached home in early evening.

He held a short, keen edged bar in place, while Kris Kringle swung the maul.

Another man charged her with a spear, but she swung the maul with blinding speed and cleaved the spear into two.

He swung the maul and tossed the wood and pretended that Suzanne wasn't sitting in her quiet living room, pretended that nothing had happened.