"There you see," the silversmith said, "even if they discovered the trap- door and broke up the floor with sledgehammers, which would be no easy matter, and probed the stream with lances, they would find nothing.
"At Agincourt"
G. A. Henty
They had jumped out, some carrying sledgehammers, others axes.
"The Exploits of Elaine"
Arthur B. Reeve
Silent telling himself that he dreamed, and those dancing fists crashed into his face and body like sledgehammers.
"The Untamed"
Max Brand