ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bloodstick

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Bloodstick is a noun meaning (farriery) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.

Meaning

(farriery) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.

Example Sentences

1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fleam, footstick, stabber, bodkin, twitch, linstock.

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