split cane

noun

angling bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods

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Words nearby split cane

splinter, splinter group, splintery, split, split brain, split cane, split decision, split end, split flap, split hairs, split hand

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Example sentences from the Web for split cane

Split-cane rods appear to be much on the increase, but they are rather expensive.
Red Palmer: A Practical Treatise on Fly Fishing|James Tayler
The great elasticity and durability of the split-cane or split-bamboo rod cannot be easily disputed.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
The English split-cane rod for dry-fly work weighs about an ounce to the foot, rather more or rather less.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
The split-cane "dice" were "sacrificed" on the altar sacred to the Gods of War.
Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs|Alice C. Fletcher

She is loaded with a small bag of tools suspended at her waist, and a plentiful stock of split-cane under one arm.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448|Various

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