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n. a quarterstaff constructed of palm wood or rattan. It originated in Egypt and is used in the martial art of tahtib.
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A naboot (nabboot, asaya, asa, shoum) is a quarterstaff constructed of palm wood or rattan. It originated in Egypt and is used in the martial art of Tahtib.
Usage examples of "naboot".
As they reached the outskirts of the village a sorry camel came with a sprawling gallop after them, and swaying and rolling above it was Yusef, the drunken ghaffir, his naboot of dom-wood across his knees.
Behind them, at a distance, came villagers, a dozen ghaffirs armed with naboots of dom-wood, and a brace of well-mounted, badly-dressed policemen, with seats like a monkey on a stick.
The hashish clouds lifted from his brain, and he gripped his naboot of the hard wood of the dom-palm, and, with a cry like a wolf, came on.
Renshaw was restive under the hands that were laid on his arm, and the naboots that threatened him.