Definizione monolingua

assegai

assegai (third-person singular simple present assegais, present participle assegaiing, simple past and past participle assegaied)

1. To spear with an assegai.

assegai (plural assegais)

1. A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
   • 1902, Jospeh Conrad, Heart of Darknessm Tank Form 2007, p. 99:

     Native mats covered the clay walls; a collection of spears, assegais, shields, knives was hung up in trophies.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     A birdchief, bluestreaked and feathered in war panoply with his assegai, striding through a crackling canebrake over beechmast and acorns.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 32:

     Without a word, he took my foreskin, pulled it forward, and then, in a single motion, brought down his assegai.

2. The tree species Curtisia dentata, because its wood is traditionally used to made assegais.

Definizione dizionario assegai

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Altri significati:

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

The tree species Curtisia dentata, because its wood is traditionally used to made assegais.

To spear with an assegai.

slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip