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‖ punji, n.|ˈpʌndʒɪ|
Also panja, panji(e, punge.
[Origin unknown: prob. from a Tibeto-Burman language.]
A sharpened (freq. poisoned) bamboo stake set in a camouflaged hole in the ground as a trap for enemy soldiers (or occas. for animals). Freq. attrib. in punji stake, punji stick. So ˈpunji v. trans., to fortify with punji stakes; ˈpunjied ppl. a.
1872E. T. Dalton Descriptive Ethnol. Bengal 11 They [sc. the Singphos] are skilled in fortifying naturally difficult positions, using freely the ‘panja’, a bamboo stake of different lengths sharpened at both ends and stuck in the ground. 1876R. G. Woodthorpe in H. L. Thuillier Gen. Rep. Topogr. Surveys India 1874–5 60 Two nasty panjied ditches to be crossed. Ibid. 61 Steep approaches, very thickly planted with ‘panjees’. 1878G. P. Sanderson Thirteen Years among Wild Beasts of India xvii. 233 Until 1870 this distant abode of the British Lion [sc. Tura in the Garo Hills] was defended by a stockade..whilst the neighbourhood was pleasantly panjied. The uninitiated may imagine that this panjieing is some ornamental arrangement of the grounds, so I must explain that panjies are..a device for..the discouragement, of visitors. They consist of bamboo spikes driven into the ground, almost level with the surface, the earth being scraped away round each so as to form a cup. Hundreds of these are laid in every direction; grass, falling leaves, &c., soon hide them; and if trodden upon they inflict fearful wounds. 1923Blackw. Mag. May 580/2 We had warned the men against ‘booby-traps’... Only one man fell into one and got a panjie, luckily not poison-tipped, through his leg. 1927Ibid. June 819/1 Others were planting sharp-pointed panjis in the undergrowth round the village to impale the enemy as they rush to the assault. 1950J. H. Williams Elephant Bill iii. 47 The only effective fence against elephants is what is called the punge... The punge fence, or trap, is made of..sharpened and lightly roasted..bamboo stakes of varying length. 1966Time 4 Feb. 18 Children helped to fashion the village's huts and whittled vicious punji stakes of bamboo. 1969I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iii. 50 Two casualties for evacuation; one had stepped on a punji stake, the other had stopped a sniper's bullet. 1973R. Hayes Hungarian Game xxxvi. 216 A workbench directly beneath the window. The thing was loaded with tools; it would be like jumping into a punji pit. 1977Time 21 Nov. 8/1 Three camps in Thailand..which have been set up for some of the thousands of refugees who have run the gauntlet of mines, snipers and punji stick booby traps along the frontier to reach freedom. |