jereed

English

Two men playing jereed

jereed (countable and uncountable, plural jereeds)

(countable) A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
- 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, 8th edition, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 12, lines 249–252:
  The spur hath lanced his courser's sides— / Away—away—for life he rides— / Swift as the hurled on high jerreed, / Springs to the touch his startled steed, [...]
(uncountable) A traditional Turkish equestrian team sport played outdoors on horseback in which the objective is to score points by throwing a blunt wooden javelin at opposing team's horsemen.

blunt javelin

Turkish equestrian team sport