Lathi

The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.

A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.

Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […].

Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts.