axeblade

English

Alternative forms

• axblade (US)

Etymology

axe +‎ blade

Noun

axeblade (plural axeblades)

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, 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").