Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nodowa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nodowa
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thrust at the opponent's throat.

noun

An item of Japanese armor protecting the throat: a gorget.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From Japanese 喉輪 (literally “throat ring”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 喉輪

Questions

What does nodowa mean?: A thrust at the opponent's throat.
Where does nodowa come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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