Meanings
plural hachereaux
- archaeologya cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge
A "hachereau" or hatchet, sometimes served as a hammer.
1982, Jean Daigle, The Acadians of the Maritimes: thematic studies, page 4572 more examples
Bifacial tools are represented by an amigdaloid hand-axe (Figure 4.2:6), a possible biface fragment, and an atypical hachereau.
2003, Marie Soressi, Harold Lewis Dibble, Multiple Approaches to the Study of Bifacial Technologies, →ISBN, page 79In its essential features, this kind of implement might also be viewed as a kind of small hachereau (Type 55).
2013, Arthur J. Jelinek, Neandertal Lithic Industries at La Quina, →ISBN, page 229
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*keg-
- Proto-Germanic*hakkōną“to chop; hack”
- Frenchhacher
- Englishhachereau
From French hacher, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).
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