ashplant

ashplant
noun /ˈæʃ.plænt/
a) An ash sapling.

The colonnade above him made him think vaguely of an ancient temple and the ashplant on which he leaned wearily of the curved stick of an augur. / He began to beat the frayed end of his ashplant against the base of a pillar.

b) A walking stick.

She look her hat, and ashplant, and left them.


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