axebladeEtymologyFrom axe + blade.nounThe blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.“1904, Terrot Reaveley Glover, Studies in Virgil, reprinted as Virgil, Barnes & Noble (1969), page 198, This image, topped by a head as featureless as an axeblade, spoke in words condensed from scalding steam.”