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Definition of Dart thrower
1. Noun. A device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dart Thrower
Literary usage of Dart thrower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious by Juvenal, Martin Madan, Persius (1829)
"The fortunate is also a great orator, a dart-thrower, And, if he be hoarse, ...
A dart-thrower.] This is the literal sense of jaculator : but we must here ..."
2. Manual Training--play Problems: Constructive Work for Boys and Girls Based by William Samuel Marten (1917)
"In the dart thrower in which a rubber band is used, the rubber is tied to the
handle with a piece of cord. Practically the same movements are used in ..."