Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word barongs.
Examples
-
•At restaurants, men wear suits or barongs or shirts with ties and dress trousers.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
-
•At restaurants, men wear suits or barongs or shirts with ties and dress trousers.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
-
•At restaurants, men wear suits or barongs or shirts with ties and dress trousers.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
-
Around this thronelike couch were grouped her slaves and attendants, all armed with _barongs_ and _krises_ stuck into their wide sash belts, and attired in many-coloured garments that gave one the impression, both from fit and odour, of being on terms of long and close acquaintance with their wearers.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
-
Meanwhile the entire male population of the place gathered about us, and we found them in very truth a murderous looking lot, armed to the teeth with _barongs_ and _krises_ and _campilans_, while none of us had any visible means of self-protection.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
-
There were many beautiful _barongs_ bought that day, the natives willingly exchanging them for money, which the Governor of Bongao declared was a unique way to disarm an enemy.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
-
Suspended from their many-colored sashes were barongs, campilans or bolos, and tiny bells were fastened into the lobes of their ears.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
-
They shook hands in return, rather awkwardly, but answered smile with smile, talking excitedly in their native tongue, and seeming surprised that I could speak only a word or two of Malay, without doubt a more agreeable language than that harsh and unintelligible one in which the white officers were bargaining for _barongs_ and _krises_.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
-
The second datto was much younger, and repaired to the officers 'quarters to wait until the old chap had departed, evidently recognizing his own social inferiority, for he boasted half a dozen warriors only, and not a gun or spear among them, though they carried _barongs_ of great beauty, with damascened blades and handles of handsomely carved wood, some of them being inlaid with pearl or ivory.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
-
_barongs_ and simultaneously attacked the men playing cards, beheading one poor fellow at a single blow, and fearfully cutting the three others.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.