hachereau

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English

Etymology

From French hacher, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).

Noun

hachereau (plural hachereaux)

  1. (archaeology) a cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge
    • 1982, Jean Daigle, The Acadians of the Maritimes: thematic studies, page 457:
      A "hachereau" or hatchet, sometimes served as a hammer.
    • 2003, Marie Soressi, Harold Lewis Dibble, Multiple Approaches to the Study of Bifacial Technologies, →ISBN, page 79:
      Bifacial tools are represented by an amigdaloid hand-axe (Figure 4.2:6), a possible biface fragment, and an atypical hachereau.
    • 2013, Arthur J. Jelinek, Neandertal Lithic Industries at La Quina, →ISBN, page 229:
      In its essential features, this kind of implement might also be viewed as a kind of small hachereau (Type 55).

French

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Noun

hachereau f (plural hachereaux)

  1. a small axe

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