| 单词 | bolo-maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbolo-maker A kind of cutlass used in the Philippine Islands for agricultural and domestic work and as a fighting weapon. Combinations: bolo-maker; bolo-man n. one armed with a bolo. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > sword > specific type bilbo1602 bilbo-man1619 sabre1836 sabreur1845 claymore1849 bolo-man1901 society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > machete machete1575 manchette1762 bolo1901 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > cutlass curtelace1555 curtal-ax1579 cutlass1594 curtaxe1596 brackmard1653 bolo1901 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of cutting instruments > [noun] > knife-maker knife-smith1738 bolo-maker1901 1901 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 10/1 400 bolomen attacked the garrison of seventy-two Americans. 1901 Daily Chron. 11 Oct. 5/7 Insurgents, who were armed only with bolos. 1905 Le Roy Philippine Life 85 The local blacksmith and bolo-maker, as he generally is (for the bolo is the chief working implement of the Filipino in the thicket or the field or about the house, as well as being, in another form, his principal weapon). 1906 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 903 We had never visited the place before, and, for all we knew to the contrary, it was full of bolo-men. < as lemmas |
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