poleaxes
Medieval combat weapons
Poleaxes is the plural of poleax, a medieval weapon combining an axe blade with a hammer or spike on a long handle, used to bring down armored opponents.
The verb poleax means to strike down or stun, often used figuratively: The news poleaxed him.
Someone poleaxed is stunned into immobility.
Heavy bladed war weapon
- halberdAxe-headed infantry pike
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- infantryGround combat troops
knights · armor · cleave · shaft · blade · combat · pikes · maces
battleaxe
Heavy bladed war weapon
infantry · knights · armor · cleave · shaft · blade · combat · pikes · maces · cavalry
abattoir
Meat processing facility
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- stunningExtremely impressive or beautiful
- butcherOne who sells cuts
meatpacking · knocker · slaughterhouse · livestock · humane · dispatch · stun · hammer · kill · oxen
fell
To chop down
flatten · floor · topple · drop · collapse · overwhelm · shock · devastate · prostrate · incapacitate
poleaxesdaggers
Short double-edged blades
knives · dirks · stilettos · brass knuckles · cestus
poleaxesswords
Edged fighting weapons
longswords · rapiers · sabers · broadswords · katanas