Definitions for poleax
poleax
pole·ax
Spelling: [pohl-aks]
IPA: /ˈpoʊlˌæks/
Poleax is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 93 anagrams from letters in poleax (aelopx).
Definitions for poleax
noun
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a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
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an ax, usually with a hammer opposite the cutting edge, used in stunning and slaughtering animals.
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an ax with both a blade and a hook, formerly used in naval warfare to assist sailors in boarding vessels.
verb (used with object)
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to strike down or kill with or as if with a poleax.
Origin of poleax
1300-50; Middle English pollax battle-ax, literally, head-ax (see poll1, ax); akin to Middle Low German polexe
Examples for poleax
He considered a grate-bar from a heating furnace, and then he found the poleax, lying among a pile of wormeaten boards.