kleilat, noun
/ˈkleɪlat/
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, klei clay + lat stick.
A children’s game in which balls or pellets of clay are flicked at an opponent with a flexible stick; the flexible stick used in this game.
1955 V. De Kock Fun They Had 80When no other sport presented itself, young South Africans often amused themselves by fighting with sticks, and, more especially, with the so-called kleilat or clay-stick.
A children’s game in which balls or pellets of clay are flicked at an opponent with a flexible stick; the flexible stick used in this game.