Synonyms of shillelaghs

shillelaghs

noun

variants also shillalahs

plural of shillelagh

as in canes

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

the bartender in the Irish pub keeps a shillelagh behind the bar just in case there's trouble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canes
• batons
• rods
• staves
• staffs
• clubs
• billies
• bats
• nightsticks
• cudgels
• truncheons
• bludgeons
• mallets
• staves
• billy clubs
• switches
• waddies
• bastinades
• bastinadoes
• hammers
• saps
• maces
• rungs
• hickories
• croziers
• knobkerries
• blackjacks
• birches
• rattans
• sledgehammers
• beetles
• mauls
• gavels
• crooks
• walking sticks
• crabsticks
• crosiers
• whangees