Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
hache-marteau
English translation:
hammer axe
Added to glossary by
Victoria Barkoff
Mar 2, 2005 15:50
19 yrs ago
French term
English translator/editor for 17 years
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
hache-marteau
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Archaeology
An ancient Roman tool.
Proposed translations
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| 2 | See my previous answer! |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | ax-hammer |
Francis MARC
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| 3 | see site |
Sandra C.
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Proposed translations
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See my previous answer!
I suspect the distinction between "hache boucharde" and "hache marteau" is somewhat fine!
Maybe you could one an ax(e)hammer and the other a hammer-axe (see http://www.paleodirect.com/cbi-016.htm )
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Note added at 22 mins (2005-03-02 16:13:05 GMT)
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Note that the above site suggests that the tool/weapon in question had equally important military and domestic applications, and that \"war hammers ... usually had a long, sharp point on the back and a blunt pean (hache-marteau?), or a set of claws (hache-boucharde?) in front [the picture associated with this text shows a spike and a \"hammer\" head with 4 points (cf. bush hammer)], in front. In some cases it has a narrow cutting edge and is difficult to classify, being as much axe as hammer\"
[A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all countries and in all times, together with some closely related subjects, George Cameron Stone]
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Note added at 7 hrs 42 mins (2005-03-02 23:32:29 GMT)
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Given the Roman \"hammer axe\" and \"adze axe\" shown on http://www.edgarlowen.com/a45ar.html, the best I can think of is \"hammer axe\".
Maybe you could one an ax(e)hammer and the other a hammer-axe (see http://www.paleodirect.com/cbi-016.htm )
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Note added at 22 mins (2005-03-02 16:13:05 GMT)
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Note that the above site suggests that the tool/weapon in question had equally important military and domestic applications, and that \"war hammers ... usually had a long, sharp point on the back and a blunt pean (hache-marteau?), or a set of claws (hache-boucharde?) in front [the picture associated with this text shows a spike and a \"hammer\" head with 4 points (cf. bush hammer)], in front. In some cases it has a narrow cutting edge and is difficult to classify, being as much axe as hammer\"
[A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all countries and in all times, together with some closely related subjects, George Cameron Stone]
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Note added at 7 hrs 42 mins (2005-03-02 23:32:29 GMT)
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Given the Roman \"hammer axe\" and \"adze axe\" shown on http://www.edgarlowen.com/a45ar.html, the best I can think of is \"hammer axe\".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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ax-hammer
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Comment: "This was very close; but the more common English term seems to be the (inverted) "Hammer axe", which puts the emphasis on the axe."
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see site
this site might help you, especially if you have illustrations.
LacusCurtius • Iron Objects in Roman Britain (John Ward, 1911)
... H, with a spike behind, is certainly a butcher's pole-axe. ... The small size of the
Roman and the prehistoric sickles is due to the ancient custom of ...
penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/ Places/Europe/Great_Britain/_Periods/Roman/_Texts/WARREB/11*.html
LacusCurtius • Iron Objects in Roman Britain (John Ward, 1911)
... H, with a spike behind, is certainly a butcher's pole-axe. ... The small size of the
Roman and the prehistoric sickles is due to the ancient custom of ...
penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/ Places/Europe/Great_Britain/_Periods/Roman/_Texts/WARREB/11*.html
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