[nob-ker-ee] 
| a short, heavy wooden club with a knob on one end, used esp. by native peoples of South Africa for striking and throwing. |
| knob·ker·rie (nŏb'kěr'ē) n. A short club with one knobbed end, used as a weapon by warriors of certain South African peoples. [Afrikaans knopkierie : knop, knob (from Middle Dutch cnoppe) + kieri, club (from Khoikhoin kirri, stick).] |