bipennis

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noun

An axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

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twibill
OriginLatin bipennis →
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Meanings

nounbipennis (plural bipennes)

plural bipennes

  1. archaicAn axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

    Bipennis... A twibill, axe, or twall, sharpe on both sides, wherewith carpenters make mortaises: it was in old time a weapon

    1937, Starnes, D. T., “Bilingual Dictionaries of Shakespeare’s Day”, in PMLA, volume 52, number 4, page 1009

    Synonyms: twibill

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

Similar
twibill
Also see
labrys

Origin

  1. Latinbipennis“two-winged”
  2. Englishbipennis

Borrowed from Latin bipennis (“two-winged”).

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APA

bipennis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bipennis

MLA

“bipennis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bipennis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bipennis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bipennis.

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