Austral. Also wom-. [Native name (wo-mur-rāng in D. Collins, N. S. Wales, 1798, I. 613).] A missile club used by Australian aboriginals. = THROWING-STICK b.
1849. J. C. Prichard, Ethnol., in Man. Sci. Enquiry, 433. The ancient Gauls were known by their gæsa or javelins…. The Australians by their woomerangs or throwing-sticks.
1864. J. Rogers, New Rush, II. 46. Next—high in air the womerang-spear he flings.
