jereed
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[edit]From Ottoman Turkish جرید (cirid) (Turkish cirit), from Arabic جَرِيد (jarīd).
Noun
[edit]jereed (countable and uncountable, plural jereeds)
- (countable) A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
- 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, 8th edition, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 12, lines 249–252:
- The spur hath lanced his courser's sides— / Away—away—for life he rides— / Swift as the hurled on high jerreed, / Springs to the touch his startled steed, [...]
- (uncountable) A traditional Turkish equestrian team sport played outdoors on horseback in which the objective is to score points by throwing a blunt wooden javelin at opposing team's horsemen.
Translations
[edit]blunt javelin
Turkish equestrian team sport