Meaning of curtle-axe | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Lie here ye weedes that I diſdaine to weare, This compleat armor, and this curtle-axe Are adiuncts more beſeeming Tamburlaine.”

“That I did ſuite me all points like a man, A gallant curtelax vpon my thigh, A bore‑ſpeare in my hand, and in my heart Lye there what hidden womans feare there will, Weele haue a ſwaſhing and a marſhall outſide, […]”

“Though it was preposterous to suppose these carrion-gorged predators would molest us, my guards doubled their sentries; those who slept did so in their corslets, with curtelaxes in their hands.”

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