Ashplant


noun
a walking stick made from an ash sapling
Historical Examples

He walked on, waiting to be spoken to, trailing his ashplant by his side.
Ulysses James Joyce

Stephen stands at the pianola on which sprawl his hat and ashplant.
Ulysses James Joyce

He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike.
Ulysses James Joyce

Stephen throws his ashplant on the table and seizes Zoe round the waist.
Ulysses James Joyce

He knew that she would most likely have a book under her arm, and an ashplant in her hand.
Patsy S. R. Crockett

He took the hilt of his ashplant, lunging with it softly, dallying still.
Ulysses James Joyce

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