punji stick
/ˈpʌndʒi
/(also punji stake)
noun
A sharpened bamboo stake, typically one tipped with poison, set in a camouflaged hole in the ground as a means of defence, especially in SE Asia.Together they contain 153 upright 11-inch spikes, honed to the sharpness of a Viet Cong punji stake....
- We used caltrops, sharpened spikes, punji stakes and pits, ‘Venus flytraps’, abatis ditches, everything we could think of that would slow an attack.
Origin
Late 19th century: punji probably of Tibeto-Burman origin.
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