macanan.
/məˈkɑːnə/, U.S. /məˈkɑnə/ An ironwood sword or club used among some indigenous South American peoples.
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1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. iii. f. 63v They feight therefore at hande, with longe swordes (which they caule Macanas) made of wood bycause they haue noo Iren.
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxvii. 63 Their armes for the warre, which is a sword of heavie blacke wood... They [sc. the Indians of Brazil] call it macana, and it is carved and wrought with inlayd works very curiously, but his edges are blunt.
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xli. 99 Their [sc. the islanders of Mocha, Chile] weapons are bowes and arrowes and macanas.
1822 S. Coleridge tr. Dobrizhoffer Hist. Abipones II. 360 [Paraguay] The wooden club, macana.
1861 W. Bollaert tr. P. Simon Exped. Aguirre xix. 79 [Peru] Darts and macanas (a sort of club).
1950 Caribbean Q. 2 ii. 26 In battle they [sc. the Maya] used primitive swords (macana).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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