kourbash
- a variation of kurbash.
Example Sentences
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A kourbash is a strip of old hippo-hide with a sort of keel on it, like the cutting edge of a boar's tusk.
From Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard
Government by bayonets was not in accord with the views of the House of Commons, yet Ismail’s government by the kourbash could not be restored.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
