assagais
- plural of assagai.
Example Sentences
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“Boss Val going to fight?” he said inquiringly, and as he asked his question he fitted his long, elliptical shield well upon his left arm and arranged his assagais handy for throwing.
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
The walls were artistically hung with shields, assagais, spears, and knob-kerries, and in either corner stood a large elephant’s tusk, mounted on a pedestal of ebony.
From An I.D.B. in South Africa by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise
Hazeygaeys are synonymous with assagais, the name for the short African spear, used by the tribes between Port Natal and the Cape, and which is generally supposed to be the native term for the weapon.
Looking down, I perceived that the hunters were approaching the edge of the bush, which yet concealed them, wriggling through it like snakes, with their assagais ready to hand.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts
Then he whispered to two men, who quietly took their assagais and stationed themselves one on either side of their white prisoner—for such he really was.
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
