Alternative spelling of breakax; a heavy tool for breaking apart stone, ice, or other hard materials.
Same as 'breakax', with variant spelling using 'axe' (the British spelling of 'ax'). Both forms coexist in historical records.
The fact that 'breakax' and 'breakaxe' both existed shows how spelling wasn't standardized until recently—tools were named with local spellings that reflected regional speech.
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