Meaning of shamboo | Babel Free

Definitions

Artificial bamboo.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Locklear was glad of her absence; it gave him time to finish⟳ a laminated shamboo handle⟳ for his blade, bound with thread, and to collect⟳ the thickest poles of shamboo he could find⟳. The blade was sharp enough to trim the poles quickly, and tough enough to hold⟳ an edge.”

“The cargo bay contained a number⟳ of large crates, woven shamboo strips on a framework of larger stems. He emptied four and began methodically packing.”

“Higher skids off the ground, so he could work⟳ beneath the raft; a better method for winding that weight up and down; and a sturdy shamboo mast for his single sail⟳—better still, a two-piece mast bound in a narrow Aframe to those […]”

“The giant cage with shamboo bars surrounded an artificial pond, and there in that place⟳, Aaron and his acolytes were doing something that no one believed could be done: they were taming grendels.”

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