rope dart

English

A man using a rope dart.

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 繩鏢／绳镖 (shéngbiāo).

Noun

rope dart (plural rope darts)

1. A weapon that originated in ancient China, consisting of a long rope with a metal dart at the end, used to attack long-range targets repeatedly.

Translations

weapon consisting of a dart at the end of a rope

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繩鏢／绳镖 (shéngbiāo)

• Finnish: sheng biao
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: шэнбяо (šɛnbjao)

See also

• meteor hammer

Anagrams

• parroted, predator, prorated, protrade, teardrop