<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A medieval shafted weapon with a blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.</li><li>An ax, usually with a hammer opposite the cutting edge, used in stunning and slaughtering animals.</li><li>An ax with both a blade and a hook, formerly used in naval warfare to assist sailors in boarding vessels.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To strike down or kill with or as if with a poleax.</li></ul>