DCHP-1 Online
swamping axe 
a wide, double-bitted axe used in swamping and other rough work.
- 1947 The broad axe holds its own as the typical equipment of the tie-cutter and the relatively short and thick "swamping axe" gives promise of forever remaining the essential, all-purpose tool.
- 1947 The broad axe holds its own as the typical equipment of the tie-cutter and the relatively short and thick "swamping axe" gives promise of forever remaining the essential, all-purpose tool.