Battle-Axes

Noun
1. a broadax used as a weapon
(synonym) battle-axe
(hypernym) broadax, broadaxe
(hyponym) Lochaber ax
(part-holonym) halberd
2. a sharp-tongued domineering wife
(synonym) battle-axe
(hypernym) wife, married woman

Noun
1. a sharp-tongued domineering wife
(synonym) battle-ax
(hypernym) wife, married woman
2. a broadax used as a weapon
(synonym) battle-ax
(hypernym) broadax, broadaxe
(hyponym) Lochaber ax
(part-holonym) halberd

Often cited in tournament declarations of the 14th and 15th century, I tend to think that this term referred to pole-axes , since illustrations generally show knights on foot competing with these weapons.

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