Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sledge \Sledge\, n. [AS. slecge,from sle['a]n to strike, beat.
   See {Slay}, v. t.]
   A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; --
   called also {sledge hammer}.

         With his heavy sledge he can it beat.    --Spenser.