punji stick

punji stick
A basic weapon in the form a sharp spike in the ground, normally made from wood or bamboo.

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  • Punji stick — The Punji stick or Punji stake is a type of booby trapped stake. It is a simple spike, made out of wood or bamboo, generally placed upright in the ground. Punji sticks are usually deployed in substantial numbers. [Michael Lee Lanning and Dan… …   Wikipedia

  • punji stick — [ pʌndʒi] noun (especially in SE Asia) a sharpened, typically poison tipped bamboo stake set in a camouflaged hole in the ground as a means of defence. Origin C19: punji prob. of Tibeto Burman origin …   English new terms dictionary

  • punji stick — …   Useful english dictionary

  • punji — [pun′jē] n. a sharpened, often poisoned, bamboo stake planted in a series as a barricade or planted and concealed in a hole, ditch, etc. as to cut or impale an enemy: usually punji stick or punji stake * * * …   Universalium

  • punji — [pun′jē] n. a sharpened, often poisoned, bamboo stake planted in a series as a barricade or planted and concealed in a hole, ditch, etc. as to cut or impale an enemy: usually punji stick or punji stake …   English World dictionary

  • punji — ˈpənjē noun ( s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: perhaps from Kachin : a sharpened stick usually of bamboo set in the ground especially in Vietnam as an antipersonnel weapon punji stick punji trap …   Useful english dictionary

  • punji stake — /poon jee, pun / a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound. Also called punji stick. [1870 75; earlier punjee, panja …   Universalium

  • punji stake — /poon jee, pun / a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound. Also called punji stick. [1870 75; earlier punjee, panja …   Useful english dictionary

  • punji — noun /ˈpunʒi/lang=jbo A sharpened bamboo stick set in the ground to wound or impale enemy soldiers See Also: cpacu, lebna, cpana, batke, setca …   Wiktionary

  • pun|gi stick — or pun|gi stake «PUHN jee», a sharpened bamboo stick two or three feet high and often dipped in dung to infect the tip, stuck into the ground at an angle so as to puncture the foot of an enemy soldier. Also, punji stick or stake. ╂[< Annamese… …   Useful english dictionary

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