jerid

British

/ dʒəˈriːd /

noun

Also: jereed. jerreed. a wooden javelin used in Muslim countries in military displays on horseback

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Beled el jerid means "The Land of Dates."

From The Man Without a Country by Hale, Edward Everett

They have amongst them the game of the jerid, as in Spain.

From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte

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