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

They proffered cooked rice coloured with saffron and other food in the excellent Bhutanese baskets woven with very finely split cane.

From The Jungle Girl by Casserly, Gordon

It is a basket made of fine split cane loosely plaited; in shape, a tube five feet long and five inches in diameter at the mouth, and narrowing somewhat at the bottom.

From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles

I'll back my 14-footer against your miserable little split cane.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William

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 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.