Sumpitan

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The blow-gun of the Malays and the Dyaks of Borneo.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, used by indigenous peoples of Borneo and adjacent islands.
  • Word Usage
    "The sumpitan is a piece of hard wood, from six to eight feet in length and in circumference slightly larger than the handle of a broom."