Pulaski

¹

[ puh-las-kee ]

noun

1. Count Cas·i·mir [kaz, -, uh, -meer], 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
2. a town in SW Virginia.
3. Fort. Fort Pulaski.

Pulaski

²

[ puh-las-kee ]

noun

1. a double-edged hand tool having an ax blade on one side and a pickax or wide chisel on the opposite side, used especially in clearing land and removing tree stumps.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pulaski¹

1920–25, Americanism; after Edward C. Pulaski (1866–1931), U.S. forest ranger, its inventor