broadaxe
Beam-making blade tool
A broadaxe is a large axe with a wide, flat blade, historically used for hewing logs into squared timbers.
Unlike felling axes designed to chop across the grain, broadaxes cut along the length of a log, shaping rough timber into beams for construction.
The blade is typically beveled on one side only, allowing the user to make flat cuts.
The carpenter squared the beam with a broadaxe.
Tapering to an edge
- bevelSloped edge or cut
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- sharpenedMade more cutting
asymmetrical · blade · poll · haft · helve · head · weighted · curved
Cut with axe
- cleaveSplit or adhere
- splitSeparation into parts
- squaringMaking perpendicular or equal
- beamStructural support member
log · adze · carpenter · shipwright · hewn · rough-hew · scoring · notch
Downing standing timber
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
- loggingRecording system events
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- timberWood for construction
hardwood · softwood · forestry · woodcutter · firewood · lumber · clearcutting · bucking
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- NorsemenMedieval Scandinavian warriors
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- relicPreserved ancient object
museum · archaeology · antiquity · blacksmith · forging · heirloom · excavation · warrior
wedge-shaped
Tapering to an edge
sharpened · asymmetrical · blade · poll · haft · helve · head · weighted · curved · angled
hew
Cut with axe
beam · log · adze · carpenter · shipwright · hewn · rough-hew · scoring · notch · woodworking
felling
Downing standing timber
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
- loggingRecording system events
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
timber · hardwood · softwood · forestry · woodcutter · firewood · lumber · clearcutting · bucking · limbing
Vikings
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- NorsemenMedieval Scandinavian warriors
- artifactHuman-made historical object
relic · museum · archaeology · antiquity · blacksmith · forging · heirloom · excavation · warrior · armory
halberd
Axe-headed infantry pike
cleaving · combat · raider · berserker · warrior · skirmish · melee · two-handed
- Axeshatchet, tomahawk, thrower, hawk, Pulaski
- cutting toolssaw, saws, knife, blade, scissors
- old toolsadze, anvil, auger, awl, chisel
- ancient weaponssword, swords, shield, shields, bow
- log cabinslog cabin, log home, chinking, notching, stacked logs
- historic buildingtimber framing, log cabin, log cabins, masonry, half-timbering
broadaxefelling axe
Tool for cutting trees
crosscut saw · chainsaw · splitting axe · splitting maul · two-man saw
broadaxechisel
Edged carving implement
plane · spokeshave · scalpel · wood plane · rasp