Look up: Palstave

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   Palstave
   A type of axe made of bronze.
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   Palstave
   Pal'stave` noun [ Danish paalstav .] A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age. Dawkins.
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   Palstave
   A `Palstave` is a type of early bronze axe. It was common in the mid Bronze Age in north, western and south-western Europe. In the technical sense, although precise definitions differ, an axe is generally deemed to be a palstave if it is hafted by means of a forked wooden handle kept in place with high, cast flanges and stop bar. The axe should be much thicker on the blade side of the stop bar than the hafting side (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, 115)...
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   Palstave
   • (n.) A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age.
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   palstave
   (from the article `hand tool`) ...continued the tradition of the knee-shaft handle. Another type of metal head was given a wide slot, by either forging or casting, into which a ...
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