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Definition of Throwing board
1. Noun. A device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Throwing Board
Literary usage of Throwing board
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition by John Murdoch (1892)
"Both of the kinds of darts above described are thrown by means of a hand board
or throwing-board. This is a flat, narrow board, from 15 to 18 inches long, ..."
2. The Primitive Inhabitants of Scandinavia: An Essay on Comparative by Sven Nilsson (1868)
"In New Caledonia, New Zealand, and other neighbouring islands, no throwing-board
is used, but the savage throws his javelin by means of an implement which ..."
3. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-operate by Frederick William Beechey (1832)
"This instrument is discharged with a throwing board, which is easily used, ...
The throwing board is mentioned also by Captain Parry, by Crantz, and others, ..."
4. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-operate by Frederick William Beechey (1831)
"This instrument is discharged with a throwing board, which is easily used, ...
The throwing board is mentioned also by Captain Parry, by Crantz, and others, ..."
5. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly by William Jay Youmans (1896)
"... a "throwing stick," "throwing board," or " spear thrower," as it is sometimes
called, is a contrivance for casting a javelin or harpoon, ..."
6. Early Civilization: An Introduction to Anthropology by Alexander Goldenweiser (1922)
"... end of the groove in the throwing board is inserted when the spear is in
position for throwing. When in use, the board is held firmly in the right hand, ..."
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