A historical Anglo-Indian term for a stonebow — a type of bow designed to shoot stones or pellets rather than arrows, used for hunting small game.
A historical Anglo-Indian term for a stonebow — a type of bow designed to shoot stones or pellets rather than arrows, used for hunting small game. The term belongs to the colonial-era vocabulary of British India and is now chiefly of historical interest.
The boys fashioned a crude goolail from bamboo and string to knock mangoes from the high branches.
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(India, historical) A stonebow .
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