lathi
noun
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
lathee
-
a variation of
lathi.
Example Sentences
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A dozen newspapers reprinted a graphic account of a British lathee charge from the late Webb Miller's book: I Found No Peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everything is complete down to moustache, the folds of the puggree, the lathee or staff, indeed to the slightest detail.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by James Inglis
The gualla follows upon his buffalo, and frequently finishes the pig with a few strokes of his lathee.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by James Inglis
The leopard was badly hit, and a plucky bearer came to his rescue with a stout lathee.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by James Inglis
When alone they are very taciturn, man and woman walking together, the man first with his lathee or staff, the woman behind carrying child or bundle, and often looking fagged and tired enough.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by James Inglis
