woomerang Austral.
(ˈwuːməræŋ)
Also wom-.
[Native name (wo-mur-rāng in D. Collins N.S. Wales, 1798, I. 613).]
A missile club used by Australian aboriginals. = throwing-stick b.
| 1849 J. C. Prichard Ethnol. in Man. Sci. Enquiry 433 The ancient Gauls were known by their gæsa or javelins... The Australians by their woomerangs or throwing-sticks. 1864 J. Rogers New Rush ii. 46 Next—high in air the womerang-spear he flings. |