English

Noun

walking stick ‎(plural walking sticks)

1. A tool, such as a cane, used to ease pressure on the legs, and to aid stability, when walking.
   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter I”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.

2. A stick insect (order Phasmatodea).
3. (slang) A playing card with the rank of seven.

Translations

Synonyms

• alpenstock
• cane
• staff

See also

• crutches

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523