lathee

• Substantivo que designa um bastão pesado, geralmente feito de bambu e reforçado com ferro, usado historicamente pela polícia na Índia como cassetete.

A noun referring to a heavy stick, often made of bamboo and bound with iron, historically used as a club by police in India.

1. A heavy club or stickC1formal

   A long, heavy stick, often made of bamboo and bound with iron, used as a weapon, especially by police in South Asia.

   Cassetete

   • The police charged the crowd with lathees to disperse them.
   • He was struck on the head with a lathee during the protest.
   • The guard carried a lathee for protection.

   Sinônimosbatonbludgeonclubcudgelnightsticktruncheon