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Definition of Shooting stick
1. Noun. Device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat.
Definition of Shooting stick
1. Noun. A walking stick that has a spike at one end, and a handle that unfolds into a simple seat; used as a short-term seat at outdoor events ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shooting Stick
Literary usage of Shooting stick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"SHOOTING-BOX, a sportsman's country-seat SHOOTING-STICK, a tapering piece of
wood, generally of box or hawthorn, about nine inches long, ..."
2. The Practice of Typography: Modern Methods of Book Composition by Theodore Low De Vinne (1904)
"The stick of hard wood * wears out quickly, but it does not de- Shooting-stick
of iron. face the stone, and for that reason it is preferred for all light ..."
3. The Practice of Typography: Modern Methods of Book Composition by Theodore Low De Vinne (1904)
"The mallet provided to strike the shooting-stick, usually of wood, is sometimes
covered with sole- Mallet. leather and sometimes f er- ruled with an iron ..."
4. The Printer's Complete Guide: Containing a Sketch of the History and by Charles Frederick Partington (1825)
"When he has pushed the quoins as far as possible with his fingers, they may be
driven along the foot-sticks with the mallet and shooting stick ..."
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