nail bat

See also: nailbat

English

Alternative forms

• nailbat
• nail-bat

Etymology

From nail +‎ bat.

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Noun

nail bat (plural nail bats)

1. (colloquial, informal, slang) A weapon made by hammering nails into a wooden baseball bat, used for offense or defense.
   • 2010, Kelly Meding, As Lie the Dead:

     Snow was already pivoting, growling his annoyance, nail-bat swinging. I swept my right leg out and connected with his ankles. He toppled flat on his back, air releasing from his lungs in a gasped rush.

   • 2011, Christopher J Proft, Fervent Haight:

     Miller, please lead the lady forward. It is time she came to know me. Miller headed down the stone path, adrenaline coursing through his veins much like the witchfire in the walls. Lucy followed, playfully bouncing the nail bat in her hands.

   • 2011, Allen Smith, Watching Grandma Circle the Drain:

     These include spears, blowguns, rocks, sticks, morning stars, nail bats, punjisticks, torches, bolas, chakras, atlatls, meteor hammers, quarterstaffs, ballistas and slingshots.

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