bloodstick
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bloodstick (plural bloodsticks)
- (farriery) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.
- 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
- 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse