Assagai

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assagai \As"sa*gai\, Assegai \As"se*gai\, n. [Pg. azagaia, Sp.
     azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. {Lancegay}.]
     A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for
     stabbing, a kind of light javelin.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  assagai
       n : the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
           [syn: {assegai}]
       [also: {assegais} (pl)]