2. Noun. (Irish) A walking stick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ashplant
1. a walking stick [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ashplant
Literary usage of Ashplant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Racing Calendar by National Hunt Committee, London (1874)
"Won by a neck; Game Lass and ashplant fell. The Nacton Stakes of 3 sov. each, 1 tt.
to the fund, with 25 sov. added, for hunters; about two miles and a half ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1898)
"But the owl, keen of hearing and sight, observed the intruder upon its nocturnal
delights, and before Joseph could strike it"'; • his ashplant it darted off ..."
3. The Buccaneers and Marooners of America: Being an Account of the Famous by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, Charles Johnson (1891)
"ashplant. “Ye, and each of you, are adjudged and sentenced to be carried back to
the place from ... Sutton, Christopher Moody, and Valentine ashplant. ..."
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