noun
pulaski
puu-LAS-kee
noun
1
A firefighting hand tool combining an axe blade on one side and a mattock (digging) blade on the other, used to fight wildfires.
"The crew used pulaskis to cut a fire line through the brush."
name
1
A surname of Polish origin.
"The tool is named after Ed Pulaski, the forest ranger who designed it."
How to Use Pulaski
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe combined axe-and-mattock tool wildland firefighters carry.
Common pairings
swing a pulaski
pulaski and shovel
Word Forms
pulaskis plural, Pulaskis plural
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Etymology
Named after Edward C. Pulaski (1866–1931), the American forest ranger who invented the tool.