split cane

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

An illustration of ancient split cane matting is presented in figure 12.

From Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 by Holmes, William Henry

Among their household goods they had boxes made of split cane and other material, ingeniously wrought and ornamented; also mats for their floors.

From Elsie in the South by Finley, Martha

The houses are only ground floors, the walls built of split cane and mud, and the roofs thatched with leaves.

From Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by Household, H. W.

The floor is of split cane, elevated a few feet from the earth, which secures ventilation and cleanliness.

From Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons by Stuart, Arabella W.

The slender rod is made of split cane that will bend double before it breaks; the gossamer leader is of drawn-gut carefully tested to stand a heavier strain than the rod can put upon it.

From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry