1) Blade weapon 
A hurlbat (or whirlbat, whorlbat) is term for a type of weapon of unclear original definition. Older reference works refer to it largely as a type of club, either held in the hand or possibly thrown. Modern usage appears to refer to a type of throwing-axe. ==Dictionary references== The term was used as a by-name in England as early as 1327, and th...
• (n.) See Whirlbat.
Hurl'bat` noun See Whirlbat . [ Obsolete] Holland.