The military guard at the causeway gate failed to present arms, so the officer rushed at the men and Belabored them with a stick.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
He grasped this in passing, and, as soon as he was clear of the tent, Belabored the lion over the face with it.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
At Passy they were in no danger from wagons, and Master Narcisse had seized Cherami's switch, with which he Belabored all the stone posts and benches; a proceeding which was far from amusing to the owner of the stick, who expected from moment to moment to see it in the same state as Monsieur Courbichon's cane.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock