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noun

hatchet

HATCH-it/ˈhætʃɪt/

A small, short-handled axe used with one hand.

The gloved hand holds a compact hatchet.

Compact axe held in one gloved hand.
Etymology
hatchetOld Frenchsmall combat-axe

Old French hachete was a diminutive of hache, meaning “axe”: essentially a little axe. That size distinction survives in the English word for a short-handled axe used with one hand.

In context

Your Manhwa Recap426:24
He pulled a hatchet out of his own woodpile, then dragged out a long-handled great axe, and off he went carrying both.
After Taking Over a Thug's Body, He Built a New Life With Hunting, Honey and Herbs 2

More examples

  • He split kindling with the hatchet.
  • Several hatchets hung on the wall.
  • The hatchet had a short handle.

Forms

hatchet · hatchets

Similar words

axe
The broader cutting tool, often larger and used with two hands.
tomahawk
A different small axe with a particular historical tradition.