A long, slender, straight stem or stalk of a reed plant, used in constructing a shelter, as a tool or weapon, etc.; esp. a stem of the common reed…
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > cane (11) reedOE A long, slender, straight stem or stalk of a reed plant, used in constructing a shelter, as a tool or weapon, etc.; esp. a stem of the common reed… cane1590 A suitable length of a cane stem, especially of one of the slender palms, prepared and used for a walking-stick, or as a rod for beating. Hence, by… schoolrod1633 a stick or cane used as an instrument of punishment for schoolchildren; cf. rod, n.1 1a. rattan1657 A cane or stem of rattan, used esp. as a walking stick, or as an instrument of punishment. Also: a stroke or blow with one of these. rattan cane1681 rattan stick1812 swish-whip1845 swish1860 A cane or birch for flogging; also, a stroke with this. swish-cane1891 a light slender cane such as can be swished. starter1905 Nautical. historical. A knotted length of rope, or a light cane, used in flogging or as an instrument of discipline; = colt, n.1 5a. Cf. start, v. 15. Subcategories:— doctrine of use of (1) |
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