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nodowa

nodowa noun: a thrust at the opponent's throat.

nodowa: a thrust at the opponent's throat
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Noun

nodowa

  1. A thrust at the opponent's throat.
  2. An item of Japanese armor protecting the throat: a gorget.
    • Attempting such a strike against a samurai would have been disastrous since they wore a gorget (nodowa) attached to their helmet or had armor covering the chin to the throat area in order to protect from that very kind of attack.1997, Bob Orlando, Martial Arts America: A Western Approach to Eastern Arts, Frog Books, →ISBN, page 36
    • The nodowa proper is fastened at the back of the neck by cords, the meguriwa by hooks and the eriwa by a buckle. […] none of the nodowa I have seen that were a part of the neck guard of the menpo had any means of fastening thtem to the corselet.2013, George Cameron Stone, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 472

Origin of nodowa

From Japanese 喉輪 (literally “throat ring”).

Questions about nodowa

What does nodowa mean?
Nodowa means a thrust at the opponent's throat.
What part of speech is nodowa?
Nodowa is a noun.

Words near nodowa in the dictionary

  1. nodosome
  2. nodosomes
  3. nodososide
  4. nodous
  5. nodoventricular
  6. nodowa
  7. nods
  8. nods in
  9. nods off
  10. nods out
  11. nods through

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