What is "poleaxes"

Usage examples of "poleaxes".

They examined Roran’s group with hard eyes, lingering on their ragged clothes, then lowered their poleaxes and barred the entrance.

The dismounted Hostigi were fighting with halberds and poleaxes picked up from the battlefield.

Had the ordered troops been prepared and expecting the cavalry, their langues de boeuf and poleaxes could have wrought gory havoc on Foster's squadron, but struck by surprise at flank and rear, they panicked and broke.

Hatchets dangled from their belts, curved poleaxes glowed in the reddening light.