mawle
English
Noun
mawle (plural mawles)
- A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons (page 52)
- A mawle of lead five feet long, and a pike with the same hanging by a girdle with a hook, is recommended by Ralph Smith for the arms of an archer, it has been quoted at length, under the article of the long bow.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons (page 52)
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