bat ‧ tle ‧ axe BrE AmE ( also battleax American English ) /ˈbætl-æks/ noun [countable]
1 . informal a very unpleasant woman who tries to control other people
2 . a large ↑ axe used as a weapon in the past
bat ‧ tle ‧ axe BrE AmE ( also battleax American English ) /ˈbætl-æks/ noun [countable]
1 . informal a very unpleasant woman who tries to control other people
2 . a large ↑ axe used as a weapon in the past
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012