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Meaning of "palstave" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PALSTAVE

From Danish paalstav, from Old Norse, from páll spade + stafrstaff1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PALSTAVE

ˈpɔːlˌsteɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALSTAVE

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Palstave is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PALSTAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Palstave

A palstave is a type of early bronze axe. It was common in the mid-Bronze Age in northern, western and south-western Europe. In the technical sense, although precise definitions differ, an axe is generally deemed to be a palstave if it is hafted by means of a forked wooden handle kept in place with high, cast flanges and stop bar. The axe should be much thicker on the blade side of the stop bar than the hafting side. In these respects, it is very close, but distinct from, earlier 'flanged axes'. The archaeologist John Evans popularized the term 'palstave' in English following Danish archaeologists who borrowed the term from Icelandic: paalstab. Confusingly, a paalstab is not an axe, but a digging tool. However, the term had become so common with Scandinavian and German archaeologists that Evans thought it best to follow suit.

Definition of palstave in the English dictionary

The definition of palstave in the dictionary is a kind of celt, usually of bronze, made to fit into a split wooden handle rather than having a socket for the handle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PALSTAVE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALSTAVE

palpitant · palpitate · palpitating · palpitation · palps · palpus · palsgrave · palsgravine · palship · palsied · palsies · palsy · palsy-walsy · palsylike · palter · palterer · paltrier · paltriest · paltrily · paltriness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALSTAVE

agave · ave · by your leave · by-your-leave · contraoctave · from the cradle to the grave · have · leave · must-have · new wave · octave · suave · subcontraoctave · suboctave · superoctave · Tamatave · the grave · the New Wave · trave · weave

Synonyms and antonyms of palstave in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «palstave» into 25 languages

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palstave
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তাম্রযুগীয় কুঠার
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hache à talon
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Palstave
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALSTAVE»

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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities ... in the Museum ...
580, small fragment of a palstave, 1% long. No. 581, fragment of blade portion of a palstave; 2%. No. 582, ditto, rude and hammered; 2g (Sirr). No. 583, fragment of palstave, casting defective; 3%. No. 584, fragment of a socket celt, rudely cast;  ...
Royal Irish Academy. Museum, William Robert Wilde, 1861
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A descriptive catalogue of the antiquities in the Museum of ...
646, a short lunette-edged palstave; 4£ by 2£. — R. D. S. No. 647, a short palstave, lunette edge, wings and stop uniting ; 4^ by 2^. — R. D. S. No. 648, a small, imperfect palstave of reddish metal, hammered, wings and stop coalescing ; 3^ by I ...
Royal Irish Academy. Museum, William Robert Wilde, 1863
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities ...: In the ...
646, a short lunette-edged palstave ; 4£ by 2£. — R. D. S. No. 647, a short palstave, lunette edge, wings and stop uniting ; 4^ by 2£. — R. D. S. No. 648, a small, imperfect palstave of reddish metal, hammered, wings and stop coalescing ; 3^ by ...
Royal Irish Academy. Museum, William Robert Wilde, 1857
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of ...
646, a short lunette-edged palstave; 4£ by 2£. — R. D. S. No. 647, a short palstave, lunette edge, wings and stop uniting; 44; by 24^. — R. D. S. No. 648, a small, imperfect palstave of reddish metal, hammered, wings and stop coalescing ; 3^ by ...
Royal Irish Academy. Museum, William Robert Wilde, 1862
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A Sample Analsis of British Middle and Late Bronze Age ...
(bought in Dublin) ,, Northern BERNAY (Somme), N. France Description Rapier Rapier Rapier Rapier Rapier Palstave, ... Palstave, unlooped Tanged 'chisel' Socketed hammer Ingot bar Quoit-headed pin Torc Palstave, unlooped Palstave,  ...
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Animal ...
646, a short lunette-edged palstave; A\ by 2J. — R. D. S. No. 647, a short palstave, lunette edge, wings and stop uniting ; .*2 by 2£. — R. D. S. No. 648, a small, imperfect palstave of reddish metal, hammered, wings and stop coalescing ; 3^ by ...
W. R. Wilde, 1861
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The Axes of Scotland and Northern England
Hoard. - Palstave, light and bright greens, little dark green skin, corroded, big blow-hole; length 175mm, butt 26 mm, cutting edge 47 mm (Pl. 62,852). — Halifax Mus. (18-AH 2274). — Ass. finds and lit. see no. 876. 853. Acton, Northumberland.
Peter Karl Schmidt, Colin Burgess, 1981
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Palaeohistoria 39,40 (1997-1998): Institute of Archaeology, ...
In this grave on the Liineburger Heide, a palstave comparable with our Type AXP :FS (possibly FSW) was accompanied by a Hiigelgrdber midrib dagger and a pin of Laux Type Westendorf(see above, under Type AXP:FS). Laux dated the ...
University of Groningen, Netherlands The Biological-Archaeological Institute, 2000
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An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire: II ...
N... l Object ) Parish 8o 81 82 33 84 85 86 87 88 39 90 91 Loopless palstave Loopless palstave Looped palstave Loopless palstave Looped palstave Loopless palstave 2 bronze moulds for palstaves (one looped, one loopless) Looped ...
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
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Rhine/ Meuse Delta:
Hoard consisting of a spearhead and a palstave, Late Middle Bronze Age. OML 10 1929 16; Wh 1 1952 74-77; Hel 3 1963 241-245. d. Perforated mace head ( ?) , quern stone and perforated antler sleeve. Wh 1 1952 106-109. Cf. 11-31 (c).
Leendert P. Louwe Kooijmans, 1974

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALSTAVE»

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Sarah Seaton: Our clues to prehistoric Nottingham
... bronze-working smith dating from the late 9th or 8th centuries BC consisting of ten socketed axes, four bronze arrowheads, a palstave (axe), ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
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Citizen Archeologists, You Can Now Help Digitize 30000 Bronze …
... you that you have no idea what you're outlining—I did this small iron scuba-diving flipper, for instance (just kidding, I know it's a palstave). «Motherboard, Apr 14»
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Roman, Iron Age and Bronze Age finds from Surrey
The hoard comprises six unlooped palstave axes of which four are ribbed examples and two plain; two “Sussex Loop” bracelets; and two spiral ... «Surrey Mirror, Mar 14»
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Treasure trove of Bronze Age artefacts discovered by metal …
... a specially dug pit, made up of seven complete bronze socketed axes, fragments of three further axes and one near complete late palstave. «WalesOnline, May 13»
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Metal detectors turn up bronze age treasures
The society found a bronze age 'Palstave' axe, thought to date from the early-middle Bronze Age of 1500-1400 BC, at Bickley Hall Farm, south ... «Crewe Guardian, Jan 13»
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Lost treasure found near Lewes
It consists of a large earthenware vessel filled with purposefully broken items of adornment and three palstave axes. 'Among the assemblage ... «Sussex Express, Dec 11»
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Bronze axe heads presented to Ilkley museum
Mr Lowcock, 72, found his palstave axe head in 1990 while the Addingham bypass was being built, while Mr Harrison discovered his ... «Bradford Telegraph Argus, May 10»
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