swordstick
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word swordstick. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word swordstick, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say swordstick in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word swordstick you have here. The definition of the word swordstick will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofswordstick, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
Noun
swordstick (plural swordsticks)
- A cane incorporating a concealed blade.
- 2005, Alice Mills, Stuckness in the Fiction of Mervyn Peake, page 82:
- In Gormenghast Swelter's kitchen boy Steerpike also ends his murderous life, pierced by a knife, in the temporary waters of the flooded castle. Steerpike can be understood as an imitator of his former kitchen master Swelter, his slim swordstick a thin copy of Swelter's cleaver.