Plural of hatchet; small axes with short handles, used for chopping wood or other materials.
From Old French hachette (diminutive of hache 'axe'), which came from Frankish hakka. The plural form simply adds -s to indicate multiple hatchets.
Hatchets were essential tools for survival in frontier America—colonists could fell small trees, split kindling, and even hunt with them, making one tool do many jobs!
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