Definitions for "Poleaxe"
Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.
a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick
a battle axe but, instead of a chair, Shake-speare substitutes a close-stool, that is a stool containing a chamber pot, the forerunner of the water closet or flush toilet
Keywords:  fell
fell with or as if with a poleax
an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade