User:Commander Keane/sandpit

See also: battleaxe and battle-axe

English[edit]

sandpit (plural sandpits)

An ancient military weapon, an axe designed for combat.
- 1786: Another battle-ax, in the same collection. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page x.
(heraldry) This weapon borne on arms as a mark of prowess.
(informal) A domineering, antagonistic woman.
(informal) An electric guitar.
- 2013 The instruments (one's named Baby) evoke tender talk from macho musicians. But some of these battle-ax beauties have seen more action than a roller derby queen: They bear the gashes and sweat stains to prove it. "108 Rock Star Guitars" reveals battle-ax beauty by Kiley Armstrong
(Australia, usually spelt "battleaxe") An allotment of land at the rear of another property, with a long, narrow strip of land connecting it to the roadway.

Formerly a term of mild opprobrium, "battle-ax" or "old battle-ax" is now sometimes a term of approval or self-identification for an assertive woman.

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ancient military weapon

Armenian: տապար (hy) (tapar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰斧／战斧 (zhànfǔ), 战斧 (zhànfǔ), 斧鉞／斧钺 (zh) (fǔyuè), 斧钺 (zh) (fǔyuè), 大斧子 (dàfǔzi), 戚揚／戚扬 (zh) (qīyáng), 戚扬 (zh) (qīyáng)
Danish: stridsøkse c
Dutch: strijdbijl (nl) m
Faroese: stríðsøks f
Finnish: taistelukirves, sotakirves (fi)
Georgian: ნაჯახი (ka) (naǯaxi), ცული (ka) (culi)
German: Streitaxt (de) f
Greek: πέλεκυς (el) m (pélekys)
Ancient Greek: πέλεκυς m (pélekus)
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Hungarian: csatabárd (hu)
Lithuanian: kovos kirvis m
Maori: piharoa
Persian: تبرزین (fa) (tabarzin)
Portuguese: acha (pt) f
Russian: боево́й топо́р m (bojevój topór), секи́ра (ru) f (sekíra)
Spanish: hacha de armas m
Swedish: stridsyxa (sv) c
Volapük: komipacüd (vo)

belligerent woman

electric guitar — see electric guitar

The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]