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atlatl
noun as in weapon
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Suffice it to say, the atlatl as a precise weapon was pretty difficult to master, and as such was possibly used by a few elite Aztec warriors.
A fine-tuned atlatl can be used to throw a dart 120 to 150 yards, with accuracy at 30 to 40 yards.
The water jug, the aspergill, and the atlatl and quiver of lances disappeared from the table.
B is walking with the atlatl in his hand, and armed with javelins.
This suggests, of course, that this may have been a dart for use with a thrower or atlatl.
An atlatl was the weapon which had replaced the stone axe in the stone age.
The derivation from atlatl, arrow, would seem more appropriate to the words of this hymn.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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