ゲバ棒ぼう

noun

long squared wooden poles used as weapons by student protesters

Historical term from the 1960s–70s Japanese student protest era. ゲバ is short for ゲバルト (Gewalt), German for 'violence'.

See also: ゲバ

• 学がく生せい運うん動どうの時じ代だい、ゲバ棒ぼうは機き動どう隊たいとの衝しょう突とつでよく使つかわれた。

  During the student movement era, gebabō were often used in clashes with riot police.