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mawle

mawle noun: a heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.

Noun

mawle (plural mawles)

  1. A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
    • A mawle of lead five feet long, and a pike with the same hanging by a girdle with a hook, is recommended by Ralph Smith for the arms of an archer, it has been quoted at length, under the article of the long bow.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52

Forms of mawle

pluralmawles
alternative formmaul
alternative formmall
alternative formmalle

Questions about mawle

What does mawle mean?
Mawle means a heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
What part of speech is mawle?
Mawle is a noun.
What is the plural of mawle?
The plural of mawle is mawles.

Words near mawle in the dictionary

  1. mawky
  2. mawla
  3. Mawlamyaing
  4. Mawlamyine
  5. mawlas
  6. mawle
  7. mawles
  8. mawlid
  9. mawlids
  10. mawmaw
  11. mawmaws

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