gunstock war club
English
A 19th-century Iowan variant
Etymology
gun + stock + war + club.From being a club used in battle with the appearance similar to the stock of a musket.
Alternative forms
gun stock war club, gunstock warclub, gun stock warclub, gun-stock war-club, gun-stock war club, gun stock war-club, gunstock club, gun stock club, gun-stock club
Noun
gunstock war club (plural gunstock war clubs)
- 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.
Hypernyms
- warclub