sjambok
/ˈʃæmbɒk/
verb
- To strike or beat with a sjambok.
- The driver would sjambok the donkeys to make them move faster.
- The old man threatened to sjambok the thief if he came back.
- It was illegal to sjambok someone as a punishment.
noun
- A heavy leather whip, traditionally made from rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide, used in southern Africa for driving cattle or as a weapon.
- In history class, we learned about the sjambok as a tool used in colonial South Africa.
- The museum displayed an old sjambok made from hippo hide.
- The farmer used a sjambok to guide the oxen along the trail.