knobkerry

2 definitions found

knobkerry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  knobkerrie \knob"ker`rie\, knobkerry \knob"ker`ry\, n. [Boer D.
     knopkirie, fr. D. knop-hout, knotty stick + Hottentot
     k["i]rri club.]
     A short wooden club with a knobbed end used as a missile
     weapon by Kafir and other native tribes of South Africa.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

knobkerry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  knobkerry
      n 1: a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by
           aborigines in southern Africa [syn: knobkerrie,
           knobkerry]