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palstaves

palstaves is the plural of palstave.

Meaning of palstave

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

Questions about palstaves

What is palstaves the plural of?
Palstaves is the plural of palstave.

Words near palstaves in the dictionary

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

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