A large axe with a broad, flat blade used for felling trees and hewing wood in woodworking.
Compound of broad (wide) and ax (tool), from Old English æx, describing an axe with a distinctly wide cutting surface.
Medieval woodworkers were so reliant on this tool that 'broadax' appears in countless historical documents, and knowing how to swing one was a skilled trade—carpenters who mastered the broadax were among the most respected craftspeople.
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