DCHP-1 Online
half axe Obs. 
a light axe for use on the trail and in camp.
- 1948 The history of hatchets and axes [must include] the half axe, the broad axe, the squaw axe and the almost endless variations of the metal tomahawks.
- 1964 Important was a half-axe with heavy head. . . .
- 1948 The history of hatchets and axes [must include] the half axe, the broad axe, the squaw axe and the almost endless variations of the metal tomahawks.