1. A small axe with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
   "The camper used a hatchet to split kindling for the fire"
    
2. Weapon consisting of a fighting axe; used by North American Indians
   "The museum displayed an authentic Native American hatchet";
   - tomahawk

Derived forms: hatchets

Type of: arm, ax [US], axe, weapon, weapon system

Encyclopedia: Hatchet, Alabama