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Значения термина throwing board на английском

A device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear.

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Examples for "throwing stick"
Examples for "throwing stick"
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Their spears are of solid wood, and used without the throwing stick.
A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 / Undertaken for the purp...
2
The throwing stick is the best primitive hunting tool for nabbing songbirds.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
3
Like the throwing stick, a club is simply a tree branch.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
4
I wish I had learned to use Brecie's throwing stick.
The Plains of Passage
5
All spears are thrown with the 'wommera', or throwing stick.
Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from...
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The spear thrower had all the advantages of her sling, and so many more.
The Valley of Horses
2
I think I could make a... spear thrower!
The Valley of Horses
3
Jondalar launched his spear by hand a moment before her, but the spear thrower imparted greater speed.
The Valley of Horses
4
Not bad with a spear thrower either.
The Valley of Horses
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People had spear throwers, bows and arrows, boats, needles, adzes, nets.
The Rational Optimist
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The special guards circled them warily, a score of men with drawn weapons -long guns, pistols, dart throwers, swords.
Paul of dune