Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Knobkerrie \Knob"ker`rie\, n. [Boer D. knopkirie, fr. D.
   knop-hout, knotty stick + Hottentot k["i]rri club.]
   A short club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by
   Kafir and other native tribes of South Africa.

Source : WordNet®

knobkerrie
     n : a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by
         aborigines in southern Africa [syn: {knobkerry}]