Associations to the word «Martel»

Wiktionary

MARTEL, noun. A hammer, especially a war hammer.
MARTEL, verb. (obsolete) To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.
MARTEL DE FER, noun. A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed, used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armour.

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