Malay gate

noun

A booby trap consisting of a bent sapling, with sharpened sticks or spear-tips attached, which, when activated, quickly straightens, impaling the victim.

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Meanings

nounMalay gate (plural Malay gates)

plural Malay gates · alternative Malayan gate

  1. A booby trap consisting of a bent sapling, with sharpened sticks or spear-tips attached, which, when activated, quickly straightens, impaling the victim.
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Malay gate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malay%20gate

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“Malay gate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malay%20gate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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