1. A broadax used as a weapon
   "The medieval warrior wielded a heavy battle-axe in combat";
   - battle-ax [US]
    
2. [informal] A sharp-tongued domineering wife
   "His battle-axe of a mother-in-law made family gatherings unbearable";
   - battle-ax [US, informal]

Type of: broadax [US], broadaxe, married woman, wife, wifey [informal]

Part of: halberd, halbert

Encyclopedia: Battle-axe