1592954075000 1312632483000 term-86761 1647626701384 1312632584000 1647626697675 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-86761 e03d460c-2b1c-305e-a2d3-0efe1ef12d2d 2 1 scope note Native American fighting hatchets used for striking blows and for throwing, consisting of a short wooden shaft and a head, originally of stone, later of metals such as iron and steel, with a blade usually narrow in proportion to its length. They were also used as tools, and sometimes combined with a tobacco pipe, the bowl being on the back of the blade. North American troops of colonial times and later often carried them in place of swords. reference term-86758 adlib-term-86758 247d9a4b-705f-3bfd-b0ab-22b241e1c329 tomahawk V.TK.AFU.ARI.AFU.ALO 1 code V.TK.AFU.ARI.AFU.ALO 1 tomahawks (weapons) reference term-86760 adlib-term-86760 94e7489b-8791-3f8c-940e-7f1e65d90cb4 axes (weapons) reference term-82980 adlib-term-82980 2e55f83b-3f26-3e19-a38b-a251d082d09d hatchets reference term-87322 adlib-term-87322 8264f5b1-70ad-36de-b4aa-308eb755353a throwing axes tomahawks (weapons) term