rabbit stick

English

Noun

rabbit stick (plural rabbit sticks)

1. A curved stick similar to a boomerang, used by the Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni to hunt rabbits, prairie dogs, and coyotes.
   • 1918, American Anthropologist (American Ethnological Society, Anthropological Society of Washington), volume 20, (January–March):

     The Zuñi rabbit stick (kleane) is colored black and carmine, the war god’s colors.

Synonyms

• kleane
• throwing club
• throwing stick