Axeblade

Full definition of axeblade

Noun

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.
• 1959, Frank Yerby, Jarrett's Jade: A Novel, Dial Press, page 19,James took a step forward, his dark eyes bright under that jutting hedgerow of a brow that swept across his forehead without a break even above his axeblade of a nose.
• 2006, Hugh Cook, The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster, Lulu Press, Inc., ISBN 1411685849, page 307,The dwarf hacked at Sod's boot, sinking his axeblade deep into the Banker's foot.

Usage notes

More commonly written as two words ("axe blade"), or with a hyphen ("axe-blade").