ankus

American  

[ang-kuhs, uhng-kuhsh] / ˈæŋ kəs, ˈʌŋ kəʃ /

noun

• ankus,
  plural
• ankuses
  plural

1. an elephant goad of India with a spike and a hook at one end.

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ankus British  

/ ˈæŋkəs /

noun

1. a stick used, esp in India, for goading elephants

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ankus
  plural
• ankuses
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of ankus

1885–90; < Hindi; akin to angle ²

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Example Sentences

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ankus

On he came, amid a rising roar of approval, Speed in gorgeous robes perched on high, 295 ankus raised.

From The Maids of Paradise by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Then I shall sit on thy neck, O Kala Nag, with a silver ankus, and men will run before us with golden sticks, crying, `Room for the King's elephant!'

From The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

As the holder of the ankus checks the furious elephant, Now with wisdom I'll restrain it, guide it wholly to my bent.

From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Frank Lee Woodward

I seated myself on Chota Begum's neck, put my feet in the string stirrups, and took the big ankus in my hand.

From Here, There and Everywhere by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton

Deesa handed Chihun the heavy ankus, the iron elephant-goad.

From The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling

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