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hoopstick

hoopstick noun: a light framing member for a carriage or wagon hood or roof.

Noun

hoopstick (plural hoopsticks)

  1. A light framing member for a carriage or wagon hood or roof.
    • The floor is of 2⅜-in. boards, and the roof of ⅞-in. boards covered with roofing canvas is laid on hardwood hoopsticks bolted to the steel carlines.1952 January, “British Railways Standard Wagons”, in Railway Magazine, page 61
  2. A stick used for rolling a child's play hoop.

Forms of hoopstick

pluralhoopsticks

Origin of hoopstick

From hoop + stick.

Questions about hoopstick

What does hoopstick mean?
Hoopstick means a light framing member for a carriage or wagon hood or roof.
What part of speech is hoopstick?
Hoopstick is a noun.
What is the plural of hoopstick?
The plural of hoopstick is hoopsticks.

Words near hoopstick in the dictionary

  1. hoops
  2. hoopskirt
  3. hoopskirts
  4. hoopster
  5. hoopsters
  6. hoopstick
  7. hoopsticks
  8. hooptee
  9. hooptees
  10. hooptie
  11. hoopties

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