assegai

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.

   “But now the Moormen, stalking o'er the strand / to guard the wat'ery stores the strangers need; / this, targe on arm and assegai in hand, / that, with his bended bow, and venom'd reed[.]”

2. isim The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais.

   “In the clearing, built around the base of an assegai tree, stood a hut, plastered in cow dung.”

3. fiil To spear with an assegai.