Meaning of lathi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
   India, countable
2. A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.
   uncountable

Examples

“The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.”

“A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.”

“Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […].”

“Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts.”

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