taumaihi
1. (noun) bargeboard support - upright supports of the lower ends of the maihi of the front of a meeting house.
Ka tae ki waho o te whare, ka pikitia te taumaihi, ka eke ki runga (TWK 3:15). / When he reached the exterior of the house he climbed the barge board support and reached the top.
See also amo
2. (noun) small tower in a pā from which missiles were thrown.
Nā ka whakatakotoria e rātou ki te taha o te taumaihi, ā tahuna ana te taumaihi ki te ahi ki runga ki a ratou: nā ka mate anō hoki ngā tāngata katoa o t e pourewa o Hekeme (PT Kaiwhakariterite 9:49). / And put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also.
