Malacca cane

American  

noun

1. a cane or walking stick made of the brown, often mottled or clouded stem of an East Indian rattan palm, Calamus scipionum.

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Etymology

Origin of Malacca cane

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Ray says John F Kennedy liked a Malacca cane handle with a gold collar on his brolly when he was US president.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2014

Malacca cane, topped by a crutch-shaped gold head.

From Time Magazine Archive

Colonel Glinka scrambled to his feet, half instinctively raised the deadly Malacca cane.

From Pastoral Affair by Stearns, Charles A.

Do you know that thin Malacca cane in the hall?

From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank

The delicious spotting of a Malacca cane is due to the action of the sun upon it in drying.

From Walking-Stick Papers by Holliday, Robert Cortes