pickaxe(n = noun.artifact) pick, pickax - a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
pickaxe, n. [A corruption of OE. pikois, pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See Pick, n.].
A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes. Shak. [1913 Webster]