lathi
nounUK /lʌˈtiː/
Etymology Borrowed from Hindi लाठी (lāṭhī).
1
India A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
- The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.1973, JG Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur:
- A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 131:
1 more example
- Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […].2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 94:
2
A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.
- Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts.
- Derived terms
- lathicharge