The pole axe was a weapon used in medeival England. It was literally an axe atop a long pole. Originally the term meant to be killed with such a weapon; it later came to mean being violently killed with any such weapon or instrument.
When the running back was hit by the middle linebacker, he went down like he'd been pole axed.
This is the state you end up in after downing fifteen pints and a couple of whiskey chasers. Thanks to the definition above I am never drinking fifteen pints again, just in case I am they are linked
after slaughtering the contents of the beer Keg, he was totally pole-axed...