New American Oxford Dictionary
sjambok
sjam bok |SHamˈbäk, -ˈbək, ˈSHambäk, -bək ˈʃæmˌbɑk | ▶noun (in South Africa ) a long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hide. ▶verb ( sjamboks, sjambokking, sjambokked ) [ with obj. ] flog with a sjambok. ORIGIN from South African Dutch tjambok, via Malay from Urdu chābuk.
Oxford Dictionary
sjambok
sjambok |ˈʃambɒk | ▶noun (in South Africa ) a long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hide. ▶verb ( sjamboks, sjambokking, sjambokked ) [ with obj. ] flog with a sjambok. ORIGIN from South African Dutch tjambok, via Malay from Urdu chābuk.