gunstock war club

English

A 19th-century Iowan variant

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

Etymology

gunstock +‎ war club

Noun

gunstock war club (plural gunstock war clubs)

1. 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