(obsolete) A short, broad sword.

plural of curtal-ax / plural of curtal-axe

plural of break-axe

A South American hardwood, Sloanea jamaicensis

An axe with a spike opposite the cutting edge, used for smashing locks, cutting ropes, etc. during naval warfare.

plural of boarding axe / plural of boarding ax

past participle of give the axe

simple past tense of give the axe

present participle of give the axe

The seventh Xhosa war (1846-1847), which began with the theft of an axe.