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hoopstick

noun

Etymology

From hoop + stick.

  1. derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to pierce, prick, be sharp”
  2. inherited from *stikkô✻
  3. inherited from *stikkō✻
  4. inherited from sticca
  5. inherited from stikke
  6. formed as hoopstick — “hoop + stick”

Definitions

  1. A light framing member for a carriage or wagon hood or roof.

    • The floor is of 2⅜-in. boards, and the roof of ⅞-in. boards covered with roofing canvas is laid on hardwood hoopsticks bolted to the steel carlines.

  2. A stick used for rolling a child's play hoop.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA