Mbendu

1. 1

   • Small instrument of wood or metal with which the middle finger pushes the sewing needle
   • Thimble
2. 2

   Utensil of wood or metal with which, in the palm of the hand, one pushes the needle when sewing sacks, canvas, leather, etc.
3. 3

   A wooden utensil with a hollow at the centre, placed at the base of a load, basket or sack near the head-pad, into which the porter wedges the stick to shift the load's position (from head to shoulder, or vice versa)

Related entries

1. 1

   Musical instrument made of leaf, cane or pierced wood in the manner of a flute or clarinet; fife; popular flute-shaped instrument without keys; the flute itself.
2. 2

   Flute player; flautist; piper.