doloire

French, from Latin dolabra (“a tool axe used by Roman troops”).

doloire (plural doloires)

1. A medieval war and utility axe with a long wooden haft of 1.5 metres in length set with a blade shaped as a tear drop.

• wagoner's axe

• doleiro

Latin dolabra

doloire f (plural doloires)

1. plane (type of tool)
2. doloire (axelike weapon)

• “doloire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).