▪ I. hache
(aʃ)
Now only as F.
[a. F. hache (12th c. in Littré) = Sp. hacha, It. accia:—OHG. *happja, whence hęppa, MHG. hepe scythe, bill, sickle.]
† 1. An axe, hatchet. Obs.
| [1283 De Coupiatoribus providendis in Rymer Foedera (1727) II. 207 Magnam & fortem hachiam, vel securim, ad grossas & parvas arbores succidendas.] 13.. Coer de L. 4357 Some caughte a bote and some an hach. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 32 He slouh Colibrant with hache Daneis. a 1375 Joseph Arim. 503 He hedde an hache vppon heiȝ wiþ a gret halue. 1481 Caxton Godfrey ccx. 307 Holdyng naked swerdes or haches or axis danoys. 1531 Elyot Gov. i. xviii, His sworde or hache of steele. |
2. Prehist. Archæol. [mod.F. hache]: see quot.
| 1880 Dawkins Early Man 163 The Palaeolithic implements..consist of the flake, the chopper..the hâche, or oval pointed implement intended for use without a handle. |
▪ II. hache
see hachy and hash.
▪ III. hache, -ed, hachet
see hatch, -ed, -et.