DCHP-1 Online
broad-axe 
n. a large axe having a broad blade, used for trimming and shaping logs into square timber, planks, etc.
- a1820 (1838) Large chips were cut off with the broad axe. . . .
- 1891 . . . the "hewer" . . . with his huge broad-ax, made square the "stick," as the great piece of timber is called.
- 1964 . .. with great skill, the hewer used a broad axe to make one side straight and smooth.
- a1820 (1838) Large chips were cut off with the broad axe. . . .