lathi

/lah-tee/US // ˈlɑ ti //UK // (ˈlɑːtɪ) //

纬度,纬纱,纬线,纬纬

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Indian English.
- : a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.

He picked up his lathi—a five-foot male-bamboo ringed with bands of polished iron—and flourished it in the air.
The boys are also taught asanas (postures), sword and lathi (stick) play, and jujitsu.
He snatched a long lathi from one of the Bengalis and rushed up the slope to the hackeri nearest the nullah.
And lo, beneath the portico, I found a lathi and a rope with a hook at the end, and I wondered with a great wonderment.
Have we got even a lathi with which we can defend our hearths and homes?