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🪑 A folding seat 📷 A camera support
shooting stick

shooting stick

8.3
A walking stick with a small folding seat for sitting at outdoor events
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : bastón de caza
  • He brought a shooting stick to the game.

Examples

  • The shooting sticks were perfect for the outdoor concert.

  • At the outdoor concert, she unfolded her shooting stick and sat down comfortably to enjoy the performance.

  • He unfolded his shooting stick and settled down to watch the event.

  • She brought her shooting stick to the outdoor concert for a comfortable place to sit.

  • The shooting stick is popular among spectators at horse races and cricket matches.

  • He brought along his shooting stick to the match, allowing him to sit easily during the long event.

  • During the countryside picnic, they set up their shooting stick and relaxed while watching the games.

How Comfortable

armchair
42 1.0
folding chair
14 1.0
shooting stick
  • UK
8.3
stool
95 1.0

Surface Forms

shooting stick singular
shooting sticks plural

Morphology

shooting + stick

The compound clearly signals a 'stick' associated with 'shooting', so a learner who knows both words will infer it is a pole used in some form of shooting. However the specific sense (a lightweight monopod for photography rather than a firearm rest) and the technical equipment meaning are not fully predictable from the constituents alone, making the MWE only partially transparent.

Etymology

The noun shooting stick comes from hunters who used a long stick with a small seat to rest while shooting; they could sit or steady their gun, so the name stuck. That's why it means 'a walking stick that opens into a small folding seat'.