hockey stick

American  

noun

1. the stick used in field hockey or ice hockey.

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Etymology

Origin of hockey stick

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The pucks are featured in an “Olympics ‘26” display that also contains a hockey stick used by Brady Tkachuk of the U.S. team and a U.S. jersey worn by four-time Olympian Hilary Knight.

From Los Angeles Times

A Welsh Grand National winning trainer has denied attacking a man with a hockey stick, instead telling a court he was trying to help him from a ditch.

From BBC

He denied having a hockey stick and said he was carrying a rope, which he used to guide horses and was planning on using on the dog if he was loose, the court heard.

From BBC

The website for the bridge project says the bridge tower shape “reflects the curvature of a hockey stick in a slap shot.”

From The Wall Street Journal

On the back porch was the catapult she had made out of a plastic cup, a broken piece of hockey stick and a rubber band.

From Literature