gunstock war club
A 19th-century Iowan variant
Meaning
Noun
- 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.
Related
Broader meaning words
Origin
- gunstock + war club
Modern English dictionary
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