martel
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of martel
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *martellus, diminutive of Latin martulus, marculus hammer
Example Sentences
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From Salon • Apr. 28, 2013
If ’tis Pedals for two martel hours of practice I never complain; and he has plenty of vagaries.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
The whole story will have to go through Parliament House, and I shall be high-treasoned—as safe as houses—and be fined, and who'll pay for a poor martel!
From Desperate Remedies by Hardy, Thomas
Every martel note had his name of A, B, C, at that time.’
From Two on a Tower by Hardy, Thomas
The martel had one part of the head with a blunted face, the other pointed, but occasionally both sides were pointed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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