musicstick
See also: music-stick
English
Alternative forms
- music-stick
Etymology
music + stick
Pronunciation
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Noun
musicstick (plural musicsticks)
- (Australia) A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VI, p. 88,
- The camp was silent save for clicking of music-sticks in the distant native camp […]
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VI, p. 88,
Synonyms
- (drumstick) clapper
- (drumstick) clapstick