swarthaak, noun
- Forms:
- Formerly also zwarthaak.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, swart (earlier Dutch zwart) black + haak hook, thorn.
haakdoring sense 1. Also attributive.
1897 S.J. Du Toit Rhodesia: Past & Present 32We passed through a calcareous strip of country..with various kinds of sweet grass and small shrubs, varied with very good large bush and trees, as ‘knoppiesdoorn,’ ‘vaalbrach,’ ‘rozyntjes’-bosch,’ ‘Zwarthaak,’ ‘noem-noem,’ ‘quarri,’ &c.
1978 A.P. Brink Rumours of Rain 302On the farm..there had also been a row of old Griqua graves in the open veld among the swarthaak thorn-trees, far from the house.
haakdoring sense 1. Also attributive.
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