woomeran.

Brit.

/ˈwʊmərə/,

/ˈwuːmərə/, U.S.

/ˈwumərə/,

/ˈwʊmərə/, Australian English /ˈwʊmərə/

Forms: wom(m)erah, womrah, wom(m)-, wummera, wommeira, womerar, wo-, wamara, woom-, wammera, wommora, wommala.

Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language, given as womar, womerra, wommerru, etc. in various vocabularies.

Australian.

A throwing-stick used by Australian Aboriginal people; = throwing-stick n. 1. Also: = woomerang n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > specific for throwing > hurled with throwing-stick > spear-throwing stick

throwing-stick1770

woomera1817

spear-thrower1827

throwing board1832

woomerang1849

throw-stick1869

atlatl1871

1817 J. Oxley Jrnls. Two Exped. New S. Wales (1820) 117 He [sc. the native] was quite naked, except the netted band round the waist, in which were womerahs.

1835 J. Bateman in Cornwallis New World (1859) I. 407 We..encountered six men, armed with spears fixed in their wommeras.

1845 J. O. Balfour Sketch New S. Wales 17 A whamera whizzed past where I was standing, and with unerring aim struck Fighting Jemmy on the arm.

1907 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 935 He,..with the aid of a favourite womerah, could send a long spear, tipped with palm-wood, through a deal plank an inch thick a hundred yards away.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	woomera
释义	woomeran. Brit. /ˈwʊmərə/, /ˈwuːmərə/, U.S. /ˈwumərə/, /ˈwʊmərə/, Australian English /ˈwʊmərə/ Forms: wom(m)erah, womrah, wom(m)-, wummera, wommeira, womerar, wo-, wamara, woom-, wammera, wommora, wommala. Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language, given as womar, womerra, wommerru, etc. in various vocabularies. Australian. A throwing-stick used by Australian Aboriginal people; = throwing-stick n. 1. Also: = woomerang n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > specific for throwing > hurled with throwing-stick > spear-throwing stick throwing-stick1770 woomera1817 spear-thrower1827 throwing board1832 woomerang1849 throw-stick1869 atlatl1871 1817 J. Oxley Jrnls. Two Exped. New S. Wales (1820) 117 He [sc. the native] was quite naked, except the netted band round the waist, in which were womerahs. 1835 J. Bateman in Cornwallis New World (1859) I. 407 We..encountered six men, armed with spears fixed in their wommeras. 1845 J. O. Balfour Sketch New S. Wales 17 A whamera whizzed past where I was standing, and with unerring aim struck Fighting Jemmy on the arm. 1907 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 935 He,..with the aid of a favourite womerah, could send a long spear, tipped with palm-wood, through a deal plank an inch thick a hundred yards away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1817
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