noun

• A sharpened bamboo stake, typically one tipped with poison, set in a camouflaged hole in the ground as a means of defence, especially in Southeast Asia.

  ‘Together they contain 153 upright 11-inch spikes, honed to the sharpness of a Viet Cong punji stake.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘We used caltrops, sharpened spikes, punji stakes and pits, ‘Venus flytraps’, abatis ditches, everything we could think of that would slow an attack.’