womera

American  

[wom-er-uh] / ˈwɒm ər ə /

noun

1. woomera.

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womera British  

/ ˈwʊmərə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of woomera

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Example Sentences

He is also the inventor of such simple but effective instruments as the boomerang and the womera, a slinglike device for launching spears.

From Time Magazine Archive

The womera, or throwing stick, which enables the natives of Port Jackson to cast their spears with such amazing force and precision, is not used by them.

From Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by Wentworth, William Charles

They carry the same kind of spears, and the womera, or throwing stick, as are used by those in New South Wales.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 369, May 9, 1829 by Various

They had left one of their spears behind, a formidable weapon about ten feet long, with a flat round point, the other end being made for throwing with the womera.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall

The old man's spear was not barbed, and the womera or throwing stick of the same long narrow shape as at Port Essington.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort