coup stick en · NOUN
Meanings
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A stick used by the Plains Indians of North America for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.
Then the lot of them rode him down for sport, striking him with their coup sticks.
1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, A Man Called Horse; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 171:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| coup sticks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |