A Maori weapon in the form of a short club made of stone or bone.
he threatened people with a patu at a wedding
Example sentencesExamples
- The Museum holds two patu in its collection.
- It's a movie about patu-wielding men.
- A beautifully carved patu is valued as an item of personal regalia.
- We used to make patus out of the jawbone.
- The display featured a whale bone patu.