knobkerrie
a short, heavy wooden club with a knob on one end, used especially by native peoples of South Africa for striking and throwing.
Origin of knobkerrie
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How to use knobkerrie in a sentence
Confronting him was a big Zulu, equally muscular, and armed with a formidable knobkerrie and a small shield.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram MitfordHe was armed with nothing but a knobkerrie, with which he struck and parried with lightning-like rapidity.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram MitfordHis left hand bore his assegais and knobkerrie beneath the great dappled ox-hide shield; and in his right a yellow walking-staff.
The Story of Baden-Powell | Harold BegbieIn the right hand he held his only weapon, a kind of short but deadly knobkerrie, while his left hand rested upon his naked knee.
The Story of the Zulu Campaign | Waller AsheThey had been armed with muskets, and each carried a heavy knobkerrie.
The Curse of Carne's Hold | G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for knobkerrie
knobstick (ˈnɒbˌstɪk)
/ (ˈnɒbˌkɛrɪ) /
a stick with a round knob at the end, used as a club or missile by South African tribesmen
Origin of knobkerrie
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