2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poleax  \Pole"ax`\,  Poleaxe  \Pole"axe`\,  n.  [OE.  pollax;  cf  OD 
  pollexe.  See  {Poll}  head,  and  Ax.] 
  Anciently,  a  kind  of  battle-ax  with  a  long  handle;  later  an 
  ax  or  hatchet  with  a  short  handle,  and  a  head  variously 
  patterned;  --  used  by  soldiers,  and  also  by  sailors  in 
  boarding  a  vessel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  poleaxe 
  n  1:  an  ax  used  to  slaughter  cattle;  has  a  hammer  opposite  the 
  blade  [syn:  {poleax}] 
  2:  a  battle  ax  used  in  the  Middle  Ages;  a  long  handled  ax  and  a 
  pick  [syn:  {poleax}] 
  v  :  fell  with  or  as  if  with  a  poleax  [syn:  {poleax}] 

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