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polostick

polostick is the alternative spelling of polo-stick.

Meaning of polo-stick

Noun

polo-stick (plural polo-sticks)

  1. The elongate implement needed to push a ball from a horseback and thereby vie with other mounted players.
    • COVER: A Persian miniature from the Topkapi Sarayi Library in Istanbul depicting Alexander the Great feeding sesame seeds to a cockerel. This rare illustration depicts an episode in which Darius insulted Alexander by sending him a polo stick and ball, and a bowl of sesame seed, saying that as...2004, “The History of Sesame”, in Economic Botany, volume 58, number 3
    Synonyms:
    polo mallet

Forms of polostick

pluralpolosticks

Questions about polostick

What is polostick the alternative spelling of?
Polostick is the alternative spelling of polo-stick.

Words near polostick in the dictionary

  1. polony
  2. polonyna
  3. polonynas
  4. Polorós
  5. polos
  6. polostick
  7. polosticks
  8. polotaswarf
  9. Polotsk
  10. Polovtsian
  11. Polovtsians

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