assegais
- plural of assegai.
Example Sentences
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Stamping their feet, beating on their shields with their assegais and roaring the war cry usutu!, the warrior impis, arrayed like the right and left horns of the buffalo, would begin encircling the foe.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the panoply of native warfare was displayed upon the walls: shields, knives, assegais, head-plumes, and bracelets; besides much-coloured bead-work, snuff-boxes, and curious gourds.
From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia
On his forehead was a large ball of hair, behind which rose two eagle’s feathers, and he carried a bundle of sticks and assegais, while from his shoulder hung a large skin bag.
From The Golden Rock by Glanville, Ernest
Three assegais had struck him, and he reeled in the saddle as, amidst the cheers of his companions, he rode up.
From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Some of them even may be seen snapping off their assegais in preparation for a charge.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
