roomal

The latter were armed, whereas the peaceful and inoffensive-looking Thugs carried no weapon, but had with them only the innocent roomal, which they knew how to wield when the moment should arrive with such swift and fatal dexterity.

Tales of the Caliph H. N. Crellin

I am an adept in my craft, and therefore was one of those entrusted to use the roomal.

Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell

Then Leonie turned about and ran out on to the terrace, standing a ghastly, beautiful figure before the multitude; and only a pair of monkey eyes, in a pock-marked face, hidden by the deep shadows of a corner inside the temple, saw the high priest with _roomal_ in hand, creep stealthily up behind the girl.

Leonie of the Jungle Joan Conquest

It was lonely as a desert; so remote from every human track or habitation that no shriek of a victim could be heard by any one, and the loose sand by the margin of the stream would yield readily to the sacred pickaxe when the roomal had done its fatal work.

Tales of the Caliph H. N. Crellin

We were now three to one, just the proper proportion -- a strangler to use the roomal, a holder of legs, and a holder of arms, three thugs for each man to be sacrificed, so that there could be no mistake, no outcry for help, no possibility of escape for our victims.

Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell

And little did the destined victims of Bowani dream that behind each of them now was an accomplished strangler, with the roomal ready to his hands, while on either side squatted a holder of legs and a holder of arms.

Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell

Arrayed in snow-white garment, with long hair hanging down, he held the knife of sacrifice in one hand, and in the other the sacred _roomal_.

Leonie of the Jungle Joan Conquest

Again Leonie flung out both arms, and, just as the _roomal_ was slipping over the small head, with the scream of a tigress whose cub is in danger, the ayah leapt straight at her beloved child, wrenching the knotted handkerchief from the priest's hand.

Leonie of the Jungle Joan Conquest

"Suddenly, and without affording the poor wretches a moment's warning, on a sign from Jowahir, the holder of hands seized on the man with whom he was amicably conversing, and the strangler, passing the roomal round his neck with the speed of lightning, strangled him in an instant."

Tales of the Caliph H. N. Crellin

But Bootea's clear voice hushed the rising clamour: "No, Commander, the sahibs know not the thug trick of the _roomal_, and few thugs could have overcome the Chief."

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896