Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See campilan.

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Examples

  • In addition to the bow and arrows they carry a knife called "kampilan" having a wide-curving blade.

    Negritos of Zambales William Allan Reed

  • Her kerchief and blouse were gone; there was blood on her breeches and on the chain collar, and in one hand she carried a bloody kampilan.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • I jumped down, roaring, and was about to send another ball after him when one of my helmsmen whipped out his kampilan and came at me, screaming like a banshee.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • A dozen pirates were on the deck, and even as I let fly again I saw Witherspoon cut down by a gross yellow genie with a kampilan.

    Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • A dozen pirates were on the deck, and even as I let fly again I saw Witherspoon cut down by a gross yellow genie with a kampilan.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • Her kerchief and blouse were gone; there was blood on her breeches and on the chain collar, and in one hand she carried a bloody kampilan.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • A dozen pirates were on the deck, and even as I let fly again I saw Witherspoon cut down by a gross yellow genie with a kampilan.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • And here now was Szu-Zhan of the glorious height and colossal thews — when I thought of the strength that could drive a kampilan through a stout human body from fifteen feet, I felt a trifle apprehensive.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • And here now was Szu-Zhan of the glorious height and colossal thews - when I thought of the strength that could drive a kampilan through a stout human body from fifteen feet, I felt a trifle apprehensive.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • I looked again, and he was standing side-on, chin on breast, evidently meditating; then I saw the kampilan hilt protruding from his midriff, and eighteen inches of bloody blade standing out behind him, and he crashed forward on the deck, his axe dropping from his hand.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

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