Fast alle Woerterbucheintraege (s.u.), die ich ueber onelook.com finde, bestaetigen Thomas und geben nur die "Streitkolben"-Definition von mace wieder. Nur der Webster-Eintrag ist ein wenig zweideutig.
Selimas Einwand kann ich nur halb zustimmen: Dass mace head am besten mit Keulenkopf uebersetzt wird, heisst nicht, dass mace=Keule ist. Allerdings listet die Encyclopedia Britannica mace unter Prehistory-earliest military weapons auf (
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-57561)
siehe auch:
Mace: Encyclopedia II - Mace - Prehistory
The mace was first developed around 12,000 BC and quickly became an important weapon. These first wooden maces, studded with flint or obsidian became less popular due to the development of leather armour that could absorb the blows....
Prehistory > The earliest military weapons
Bzgl. Wikipedia: Wenn man diese schon zitiert, dann bitte richtig. Die englische Wiki listet unter mace:
Prehistory
The mace was first developed around 12,000 BC ...
Die deutsche unter Streitkolben:
Der Streitkolben ist eine Hiebwaffe. Er wurde aus der antiken Keule entwickelt und im Mittelalter als Waffe der Reiterei eingesetzt...
Die "mace" gab es also schon seit 12000 AC, den Streitkolben erst seit dem Mittelalter.
Damit stimme ich Selima und Jescha zu: Ein Streitkolben ist eine mace, aber nicht jede mace ist ein Streitkolben.
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1. ceremonial staff of office: a stick or rod, usually with an ornamental head, carried by officials on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of authority
2. spiked metal club: a medieval weapon in the form of a heavy club with a round spiked metal head
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/mace.html1 historical a heavy club with a spiked metal head.
2 a staff of office, especially the symbol of the Speaker’s authority in the House of Commons.
3 (Mace) trademark an irritant chemical used in an aerosol to disable attackers.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/mace_1?v...mace
1. a decorated rod that is carried by or put in front of particular public officials as a symbol of their authority
2. a decorated rod that is carried by or put in front of particular public officials as a symbol of their authority
3. a chemical in a container which, when sprayed into a person's face, causes their eyes to sting and become full of tears
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?d...1. A ceremonial staff borne or displayed as the symbol of authority of a legislative body. 2. A macebearer. 3. A heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/48/M0004800.htmlMace, n. [OF. mace, F. masse, from (assumed) L. matea, of which the dim. mateola a kind of mallet or beetle, is found.]
1. A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor. Chaucer.
2. Hence: A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority. Swayed the royal mace." Wordsworth.
3. An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority. Macaulay.
4. A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
5. (Billiards) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand. Mace bearer, an officer who carries a mace before person in authority.
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.s... (Webster Dictionary, 1913)