warclub en · NOUN
Etymology
From war + club.
Meanings
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A club used as a weapon of war by various indigenous peoples.
Buried was the bloody hatchet, / Buried was the dreadful war-club, / Buried were all warlike weapons, / And the war-cry was forgotten.
1855 November 10, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Blessing the Corn-fields”, in The Song of Hiawatha, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 175:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| war club | alternative | lexicographic | |
| warclubs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
pl pałka (club used as a weapon of war) · oj bagamaagan (club used as a weapon of war) · pt tacape (club used as a weapon of war) · unm pahkàskinkwehikàn (club used as a weapon of war)