Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Roman antiquity, a cutting or digging implement of various shapes, used, according to shape and purpose, as a hatchet, an ax, a knife, a chisel, a mattock, or a pickax. Dolabræ were used by the Roman soldiers in making intrenchments and destroying fortifications. Others of a more ornate form were empoyed by the pontifices in slaughtering their sacrificial victims, and others again of various shapes were used in gardening.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.
Etymologies
- Latin, from dolare to hew. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“[777] Anticyrae caelo huic est opus aut dolabra, he had need to be bored, and so had all his fellows, as wise as they would seem to be.”
“And SENECA, whilst he quotes Theophrastus, adds ironically, that now we must go to fish with a _hatchet_ instead of a hook; "non cum hamis, sed cum dolabra ire piscatum.”
“And SENECA, whilst he quotes Theophrastus, adds ironically, that now we must go to fish with a _hatchet_ instead of a hook; "non cum hamis, sed cum dolabra ire piscatum." [”
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hernesheir Cf. dolabrate, dolabriform - "shaped like hatchet". Dec 8, 2011