Knobkerrie

2 definitions found

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

  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.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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