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Definition of Hurlbat
1. n. See Whirlbat.
Definition of Hurlbat
1. Noun. A lightweight medieval throwing-axe ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hurlbat
1. a cestus (a Roman weighted boxing-glove) [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurlbat
Literary usage of Hurlbat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the International Law of the United States: Taken from Documents by Francis Wharton (1887)
"... Sec. of State, to Mr. hurlbat, June 15,1881; MSS. Inst., Peru ; For. Rel., 1881.
" Your dispatches to No. 23, inclusive, have beeu received, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"My hurlbat is lying, Through the boys of the village, At my bed-foot decaying,
My goal-ball is flying. ..."
3. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomas William Rolleston (1900)
"At my bed-foot decaying, My hurlbat is lying ; Thro' the boys of the village My
goal-ball is flying; My horse 'mong the neighbours Neglected may fallow, ..."
4. The Dublin Book of Irish Verse 1728-1909 by John Cooke (1909)
"At my bed-foot decaying, My hurlbat is lying, Through the boys of the village My
goal-ball is flying ; My horse 'mong the neighbours Neglected may fallow,— ..."
5. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... s. refuse of hemp or flax Hurl,hurl. va to throw with violence— s. tumult,
commotion ; a kind of game hurlbat, ..."
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