English Explanatory Dictionary

gunstock war club

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Native American wooden club once used for war, now used ceremonially, with the appearance of the wooden stock of a European North American colonial era musket, with a metal knife blade attached to the clubbing end.

Word forms

gunstock war club gunstock war clubs

Etymology

From gunstock + war club.

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