War club

[Dolly1308]

Does anyone know the name for a New Zealand war club (-e-e) which is also a shallow lake in England ? I thought of "mere" but cannot find anything on google relating to a war club .Thanks in advance .

[mike1222]

Definitely "Mere". See below

http://whakaahua.maori.org.nz/weapons1.htm

[crofter]

Dolly It is MERE. Look it up in Chambers!

[gardenknowin]

It is indeed a "mere" - I just typed into google "New Zealand war-club mere" -note the hyphen, as without, it means something totally different to Monsieur Google - and up came loads of information about nasty maori weapons!! Mere chance, I think ! But remember, Dolly, Google only gives out what it thinks you want, the more specific you are, the harder it has to work. God Bless!

[sincnoel]

they're actually flat(tish) and used to be made of greenstone and sharpened at both sides, the idea being to hit your enemy on the side of the head and flip up the top of his skull. sort of brain surgery. honest.

[Dolly1308]

Thank you to all of you who answered and I'll remember in future to use the hyphen ! thanks for that tip gardenknowing!