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hoopstick en · NOUN

Etymology

From hoop + stick.

Meanings

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.

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