Axeblade

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.

    "1904, Terrot Reaveley Glover, Studies in Virgil, reprinted as Virgil, Barnes & Noble (1969), page 198, This image, topped by a head as featureless as an axeblade, spoke in words condensed from scalding steam."

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"1904, Terrot Reaveley Glover, Studies in Virgil, reprinted as Virgil, Barnes & Noble (1969), page 198, This image, topped by a head as featureless as an axeblade, spoke in words condensed from scalding steam."

Etymology

From axe + blade.

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