bloodstick

English

Etymology

blood +‎ stick

Noun

bloodstick (plural bloodsticks)

  1. (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

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