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palstave

palstave noun: a prehistoric bronze axe of the middle Bronze Age with a thin haft for a forked handle and a thick blade.

Noun

palstave (plural palstaves)

  1. A prehistoric bronze axe of the middle Bronze Age with a thin haft for a forked handle and a thick blade.
    • The later division of the Bronze age is characterised by the appearance of swords, spears, palstaves, and socketed celts.1880, William Boyd Dawkins, Early Man in Britain and His Place in the Tertiary Period

palstave meaning in Tamil

palstave in Tamil

வெண்கல ஊழிக் கோடரி

Forms of palstave

pluralpalstaves

Origin of palstave

From Danish paalstav.

Questions about palstave

What does palstave mean?
Palstave means a prehistoric bronze axe of the middle Bronze Age with a thin haft for a forked handle and a thick blade.
What is palstave in Tamil?
Palstave in Tamil is வெண்கல ஊழிக் கோடரி. See Palstave meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is palstave?
Palstave is a noun.
What is the plural of palstave?
The plural of palstave is palstaves.

Words near palstave in the dictionary

  1. palsiedly
  2. palsies
  3. palsification
  4. palstaff
  5. palstaffs
  6. palstave
  7. palstaves
  8. palsy
  9. palsy-walsy
  10. palsying
  11. palsylike

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