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moot-axe

moot-axe noun: a specialised axe for cutting tree stumps.

Noun

moot-axe (plural moot-axes)

  1. (West-Country) A specialised axe for cutting tree stumps.
    • The total area within the Romano-British fortress is perhaps three acres, and the fact that the explorer is no longer young and was single-handed quite precluded any extensive trenching in the hard and stony soil with no implements other than a shovel, a small spade and a moot-axe.1919, J. Allen Bartlett, “Report on a Search for the Site of the Chapel of St. Blasius, Henbury”, in Edwin Sidney Hartland, editor, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological...

Forms of moot-axe

pluralmoot-axes

Origin of moot-axe

From moot (“tree stump”) + axe.

Questions about moot-axe

What does moot-axe mean?
Moot-axe means a specialised axe for cutting tree stumps.
What part of speech is moot-axe?
Moot-axe is a noun.
What is the plural of moot-axe?
The plural of moot-axe is moot-axes.

Words near moot-axe in the dictionary

  1. moot earth
  2. moot hall
  3. moot hill
  4. moot point
  5. moot points
  6. moot-axe
  7. moot-axes
  8. moot-hall
  9. moot-halls
  10. moot-stow
  11. moot-stows

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