poleaxe
Medieval infantry weapon
A poleaxe is a medieval weapon combining an axe blade, hammer head, and spike on a long shaft—designed for armored combat.
The verb means to strike down decisively: He was poleaxed by the news.
Someone poleaxed is stunned or knocked flat, whether literally or figuratively: She stood there, completely poleaxed.
Axe-headed infantry pike
- billhookCurved vegetation-cutting blade
- glaiveBladed polearm weapon
- pollaxeHafted infantry weapon
- man-at-armsArmed medieval combatant
knight · tournament · armour · plate · hauberk · gauntlet · cuirass · brigandine
halberd
Axe-headed infantry pike
man-at-arms · knight · tournament · armour · plate · hauberk · gauntlet · cuirass · brigandine · dismount
daze
Bewildered mental state
- fellTo chop down
- knock downCause to collapse
- floorIndoor walking surface
flatten · shock · stupefy · overwhelm · stagger · drop · concuss · bewilder · paralyze · disorient
abattoir
Meat processing facility
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- butcherySavage killing
- stunningExtremely impressive or beautiful
cattle · livestock · steer · bovine · carcass · meatpacking · stockyard · shambles · knacker · humane
- medieval armsswords, shields, axes, spears, bows
- stunstun, daze, shock, stupefy, stagger
- polearmsspear, pike, halberd, glaive, lance
- meatpackingslaughterhouse, meatpacker, abattoirs, meatpacking plant, packing house
- Axeshatchet, broadaxe, tomahawk, thrower, hawk
- bladed weaponsdagger, sword, stiletto, sabre, dirk
poleaxebare hands
Ungloved, unequipped extremities
unarmed combat · dagger · knife · dirk · stiletto
poleaxerevive
Restore consciousness or vigor
resuscitate · invigorate · energize · rouse · awaken