knobkerrie

American  

[nob-ker-ee] / ˈnɒbˌkɛr i /

noun

1. a short, heavy wooden club with a knob on one end, used especially by native peoples of South Africa for striking and throwing.

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knobkerrie British  

/ ˈnɒbˌkɛrɪ /

noun

1. a stick with a round knob at the end, used as a club or missile by South African tribesmen

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Etymology

Origin of knobkerrie

1835–45; < Afrikaans knopkierie, equivalent to knop knob + kierie, said to be < Khoikhoi kirri, keeri stick

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Example Sentences

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knobkerrie

I was given a uniform, a new pair of boots, a helmet, a flashlight, a whistle, and a knobkerrie, which is a long wooden stick with a heavy ball of wood at one end.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Each was fully armed with large war-shield, knobkerrie, and several murderous looking assegais.

From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford

He was armed with nothing but a knobkerrie, with which he struck and parried with lightning-like rapidity.

From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford

They had been armed with muskets, and each carried a heavy knobkerrie.

From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

But they noticed that he was armed with several broad-bladed, close-quarter assegais, as well as two or three lighter casting ones, also a huge knobkerrie, and a full-sized war-shield of red and white ox hide.

From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford

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