hoopstick
English
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edithoopstick (plural hoopsticks)
- A light framing member for a carriage or wagon hood or roof.
- 1952 January, “British Railways Standard Wagons”, in Railway Magazine, page 61:
- The floor is of 2⅜-in. boards, and the roof of ⅞-in. boards covered with roofing canvas is laid on hardwood hoopsticks bolted to the steel carlines.
- A stick used for rolling a child's play hoop.
References
edit- “hoopstick”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.