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