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white stick

British  

noun

  1. a walking stick used by a blind person for feeling the way: painted white as a sign to others that the person is blind

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They didn't think he could walk with a white stick because he couldn't hold it.

From BBC

Mr Szell uses a white stick and says it is hard to navigate around the boards, and he often hurts his hand on them and has tumbled over one.

From BBC

"The delays have gone haywire.... I fear it's going to be a white stick situation."

From BBC

The network’s night-vision drone cameras have showed hundreds of migrants walking across the border, each one appearing as a luminous white stick slowly advancing across a dark screen.

From Seattle Times

The couple were mostly identified taking photos and videos, and Scott Christensen was communicating on a walkie-talkie and carrying a long white stick.

From Seattle Times