Definition of "jereed" []

• A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights. (noun)

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• "When the diachylon Arab saw the American Arab, he straightway galloped his steed towards him, took his pipe, which he delivered at his adversary in guise of a jereed, and galloped round and round, and in and out, and there and back again, as in a play of war."
• "_Abdsalam_, prince, departs for Tafilelt, through Draha and Bled el jereed, 149."
• "Shaikh Ayan and Hadj 'Othman, of the quarantine, amusing themselves with jereed-playing and other mimic manoeuvres of warfare, which they performed very cleverly."