knock-maul

Updated: February 17, 2026

Mrs. Bates untied her bonnet strings and unfastened her dress neck as they started home. She unbuttoned her waist going up the back walk and pulled it off at the door. "Well, if I ever put that thing on in July again," she said, "you can use my head for a knock-maul.

Gene Stratton-Porter - A Daughter of the Land