kierien.

/ˈkɪəri/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s kirri, 1800s kierie, kiri, keeri(e, keri(e.

Etymology: Khoekhoe or San. Kolbe 1745 has ‘Kirri a stick or staff’, Arbousset Bushman Vocab. ‘Club, Keri’.

A short club or knobbed stick used (esp. in the past) as a weapon by the indigenous peoples of South Africa. See also knobkerrie n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun]

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1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 188 The Kirri is about three foot long; and about an inch thick.

1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (1786) II. 9 They were all of them armed with..javelins, which they call hassagais, as well as with short sticks, to which they gave the name of kirris.

1815 J. Barrow Acc. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–98 367 The Keerie, or war-club.

1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 354 A keeri or kirri (a short knob-stick) in his hand.

1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines (1887) x. 160 Savage-looking men..with spears in one hand and heavy kerries in the other.

1939 A. W. Wells S. Afr. 410/1 Some Afrikaans words are used in English conversation, e.g.:..kierie, walking-stick.

1953 Cape Times 5 Jan. 1/7 There were about 1,000 fighting with kieries.

1970 Cape Herald 15 May 3/3 He found..a kierie, a two-piece pink costume, a night gown... The costume and gown had blood spots on them.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 330 The women rarely trouble themselves to interpose when the men fight only with Kirri sticks.

1959 Cape Times 10 Nov. 1/1 Two other Europeans had been discharged after being treated for kierie wounds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	kierie
释义	kierien. /ˈkɪəri/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s kirri, 1800s kierie, kiri, keeri(e, keri(e. Etymology: Khoekhoe or San. Kolbe 1745 has ‘Kirri a stick or staff’, Arbousset Bushman Vocab. ‘Club, Keri’. A short club or knobbed stick used (esp. in the past) as a weapon by the indigenous peoples of South Africa. See also knobkerrie n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 188 The Kirri is about three foot long; and about an inch thick. 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (1786) II. 9 They were all of them armed with..javelins, which they call hassagais, as well as with short sticks, to which they gave the name of kirris. 1815 J. Barrow Acc. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–98 367 The Keerie, or war-club. 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 354 A keeri or kirri (a short knob-stick) in his hand. 1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines (1887) x. 160 Savage-looking men..with spears in one hand and heavy kerries in the other. 1939 A. W. Wells S. Afr. 410/1 Some Afrikaans words are used in English conversation, e.g.:..kierie, walking-stick. 1953 Cape Times 5 Jan. 1/7 There were about 1,000 fighting with kieries. 1970 Cape Herald 15 May 3/3 He found..a kierie, a two-piece pink costume, a night gown... The costume and gown had blood spots on them. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 330 The women rarely trouble themselves to interpose when the men fight only with Kirri sticks. 1959 Cape Times 10 Nov. 1/1 Two other Europeans had been discharged after being treated for kierie wounds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1731
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