broadax

[ brawd-aks ]

/ ˈbrɔdˌæks /

an ax for hewing timber.

an ax with a broad head, used as a battle-ax.

Origin of broadax

before 1000; Middle English brodax, Old English brādæx. See broad, ax

The joists above and below were made of logs, the upper ones squared with a broadax.

History of Linn County Iowa |Luther A. Brewer
A broadax was, you know, twelve or fourteen inches wide and the handle was curved a little.

Old Rail Fence Corners |Various
Our floor was of maple split with wedges and hewed out with a broadax.

Old Rail Fence Corners |Various
Our table was made of puncheons split with a wedge and hewed with a broadax.

Old Rail Fence Corners |Various

We had a broadax and we drove it into a block of wood and used it for an anvil.

Then and Now |Robert Vaughn