crabstick

Definitions

1. A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.
   archaic
2. A processed food, made of surimi to somewhat resemble the legs of a crab.
3. A crabby, ill-tempered person.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“[O]ne of them who appeared to have⟳ the most spirit had a knotted crab-stick in his hand, and insisted that the Irishman should not leave⟳ the company, till he had first given satisfaction for the insult he had committed on them all.”

CEFR level