nail bat

noun

Etymology

From nail + bat.

  1. derived from battuo
  2. derived from batto
  3. derived from batre
  4. inherited from baten
  5. compounded as nail bat — “nail + bat

Definitions

  1. A weapon made by hammering nails into a wooden baseball bat, used for offense or defense.

    • Snow was already pivoting, growling his annoyance, nail-bat swinging. I swept my right leg out and connected with his ankles. He toppled flat on his back, air releasing from his lungs in a gasped rush.
    • These include spears, blowguns, rocks, sticks, morning stars, nail bats, punjisticks, torches, bolas, chakras, atlatls, meteor hammers, quarterstaffs, ballistas and slingshots.

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