musicstick

See also: music-stick

English

Etymology

music +‎ stick

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 […]

Alternative forms

music-stick

Synonyms

(drumstick) clapper
(drumstick) clapstick

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