vlakbijl

Dutch

Etymology

From vlak +‎ bijl, probably a calque of German Flachbeil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvlɑk.bɛi̯l/
  • Hyphenation: vlak‧bijl

Noun

vlakbijl f (plural vlakbijlen, diminutive vlakbijltje n)

  1. flat axe, an axe type with a flat axe head that was embedded in the wood of the handle, in use from the Neolithic until the early Iron Age
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.