NOUN | artifact | battle-ax, battle-axe | a broadax used as a weapon |
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person | battle-ax, battle-axe | a sharp-tongued domineering wife |
Meaning | A broadax used as a weapon. | |
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Synonym | battle-axe | |
Part of | halberd | A pike fitted with an ax head |
Narrower | Lochaber ax | A battle-ax formerly used by Scottish Highlanders |
poleax, poleaxe | A battle ax used in the Middle Ages | |
Broader | broadax, broadaxe | A large ax with a broad cutting blade |
Spanish | hacha de combate |
Meaning | A sharp-tongued domineering wife. | |
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Synonym | battle-axe | |
Broader | wife, married woman | A married woman |
Spanish | arpía, bruja | |
Catalan | bruixa, harpia |
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