ashplant

noun

1. An ash sapling.
2. (Ireland)A walking stick.

   “The colonnade above him made him think vaguely of an ancient temple and the ashplant on which he leaned wearily of the curved stick of an augur. / He began to beat the frayed end of his ashplant against the base of a pillar.”

   “She look her hat, and ashplant, and left them.”

   “"She'll do," said Kelly and tapped his ash-plant / Across her hindquarters.”

   “Unconscious of their bulging eyes, he pounded on the door of the mayor's house with the knob of his ashplant.”

3. A cane for administering corporal punishment.

   “Bob Cherry bent over and touched his toes. The ashplant swished and swished.”