Definition of "axe handle" [axe handle]

• The handle of an ax (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Two great hulking Aielmen, each an axe handle wide across the shoulders, sat right outside the tent, seemingly absorbed in a game of cat's cradle, but they had looked around immediately when her head appeared through the tentflaps."
• "The man came in with an axe handle flailing in a wide swing that even the most amateur of self-defenders would have treated with contempt."
• "He had his leather wristbands on to soak up the sweat from his arms, but the delicate hands were ungloved, gripping the axe handle lightly and with exquisitely directed skill."