Definition of leangle in English:

leangle

noun lɪˈaŋɡ(ə)l

Australian

An Aboriginal fighting club with a hooked striking head.
their weapons are spears, boomerangs, and leangles
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps the most dangerous weapon in skilful hands for a close-quarter fight was the leangle.
- Combatants deliver their blows on each other's backs with the sharp point of the leangle, by reaching over their shoulders.
- Those skills included using the war club, called a leangle, although used in a game where players dodged cricket balls thrown by spectators.
- This was far from a parrying shield and leangle, but the skill and the principle were much the same.
- Spectators threw cricket balls from 10 paces, which Dick-a-Dick "dodged" using a parrying shield and leangle.
- After a time, the spears were thrown aside, and the men rushed on each other with their waddies and leangles.
- He parried the missiles with nothing but a wooden shield and a club called a leangle.
- The long leangle's nascent form / Forespoke the distant battle-storm.
- The Murray and Lower Goulburn natives use the leangle, a peculiar weapon not unlike the miner's pick.
- The leangle, a deadly right angle made out of solid timber with a sharp edge, was used in close quarters and was very effective.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Wemba-wemba and Wuywurung (Aboriginal languages), ultimately from lia 'tooth'.

单词	leangle
释义	Definition of leangle in English: leangle noun lɪˈaŋɡ(ə)l Australian An Aboriginal fighting club with a hooked striking head. their weapons are spears, boomerangs, and leangles Example sentencesExamples Perhaps the most dangerous weapon in skilful hands for a close-quarter fight was the leangle. Combatants deliver their blows on each other's backs with the sharp point of the leangle, by reaching over their shoulders. Those skills included using the war club, called a leangle, although used in a game where players dodged cricket balls thrown by spectators. This was far from a parrying shield and leangle, but the skill and the principle were much the same. Spectators threw cricket balls from 10 paces, which Dick-a-Dick "dodged" using a parrying shield and leangle. After a time, the spears were thrown aside, and the men rushed on each other with their waddies and leangles. He parried the missiles with nothing but a wooden shield and a club called a leangle. The long leangle's nascent form / Forespoke the distant battle-storm. The Murray and Lower Goulburn natives use the leangle, a peculiar weapon not unlike the miner's pick. The leangle, a deadly right angle made out of solid timber with a sharp edge, was used in close quarters and was very effective. Origin Mid 19th century: from Wemba-wemba and Wuywurung (Aboriginal languages), ultimately from lia 'tooth'.
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