broad-axe

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large axe having a broad blade, used for trimming and shaping logs into square timber, planks, etc.

Quotations

<i>a</i>1820

Large chips were cut off with the broad axe. . . .

1891

. . . the "hewer" . . . with his huge broad-ax, made square the "stick," as the great piece of timber is called.

1964

. .. with great skill, the hewer used a broad axe to make one side straight and smooth.