raupo

/ rɑːuːpɒ /

noun

a New Zealand bulrush, Typha orientalis , with sword-shaped leaves, traditionally used for construction and decoration

Origin of raupo¹

Māori

The elastic wall of raupo closed again around his neck; and the tapu was fairly beaten!

The bells were chiefly musket barrels, and they hung in actual raupo chapels built by Maori hands!

They put him into a raupo hut by himself, and fastened the door—a proceeding that did not at all tend to elevate his spirits.

The place was a network of trenches with connecting passages, roofed over with timber, raupo, and toetoe reeds and earth.

He ran to the back of the house, made with some difficulty a hole in the padded raupo wall, and squeezed his head through it.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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