knobkerrie

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: knob=ker=rie

CIDE DICTIONARY

knobkerrie, n. [Boer D. knopkirie, fr. D. knop-hout, knotty stick + Hottentot kïrri club.].

 A short wooden club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by Kafir and other native tribes of South Africa.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

knobkerrie, n. a short stick with a knobbed head used as a weapon esp. by S. African tribes.

Etymology

after Afrik. knopkierie