A battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick.
1He was coming two steps at a time, holding a poleax at port arms.
2She shivered like an animal as it is hit in the head with a poleax.
3Some barbarian chief with a poleax and war paint?
4He was even bigger than Sir Howard, and he brandished his poleax like a switch.
5But if they make it thick enough to stop a poleax, it'll make you top-heavy, I think.
6But the man, dropping his poleax, was dancing back out of reach, flicking blood from his wounded hand.
7Standing beside the jester was Deler, holding the torch in one hand and a double-edged poleax in the other.
8Deler decided that he wanted a bit of amusement, too, and his poleax started singing in unison with the gnome's battle-mattock.
9The dwarf glowered and stroked the blade of his enormous poleax; the gnome puffed away on his pipe, exhausting his final reserves of tobacco.
10With no armor to protect him he went down as if poleaxed.
11Soldiers at the barricade pushed them back with spears, poleaxes and lances.
12Hatchets dangled from their belts, curved poleaxes glowed in the reddening light.
13The whaleboat crashed on to the workbench, its bow poleaxing the man.
14A shuffling, yelling wall of men armed with spears and poleaxes fought something.
15The woman stopped as if poleaxed, her face cratering into a comical pout.
16Deke was looking at her with a mildly poleaxed expression.