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Throwing board   /θrˈoʊɪŋ bɔrd/   Listen
Throwing board

noun
1.
A device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear.  Synonyms: dart thrower, spear thrower, throwing stick.






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... of clothing, and were slightly scarred on the back and chest. Their spears were large and heavy, made of a single piece of wood, and thrown by hand; they had also smaller ones of reed, with wooden points, which were thrown with the throwing board, which were flattened vertically; clubs two and a half feet long and two and a half inches in diameter, and shields formed of a single piece of wood two and a half feet long and three inches wide. The river proved to be fresh, ...
— Journals of Australian Explorations • A C and F T Gregory



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