Meaning of pigstick | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A waterjet disruptor used to disable explosive devices.
2. A staff that carries a flag or pennant above the mast of a sailboat.
3. An event or gathering at which pigs are hunted for sport.
   obsolete
4. A stick that is used for stabbing.

Examples

“The pigstick was set up on the nightstand next to him, the shotgun shell held in place by a metal arm. I followed the wire to a timing device, realized I had no expertise at all to disarm it, and chose instead to simply point the contraption away from Lance.”

“The 'pigstick' (named from hunting wild boar with a spear) is a British Army name for the waterjet disrupter used on the Wheelbarrow robot against the IRA in the 1970s.”

“Above the truck there is frequently a slender vertical extension of the mast, called a pigstick.”

“Haul away, keeping strain on both parts of the halyard so that the pigstick remains vertical as it goes up and doesn't foul the spreaders.”

“Pull the flag up with the hauling part, then tighten the downhaul part to bring the pigstick vertical.”

“As the owner of this sailboat, I fuss about on deck, lashing down oars and fishing rods, pigsticks and awnings, for what might be a bouncy overnight passage.”

“I send you an account of a pigstick at which I was the other day, if you care to insert it in your Magazine.”

“The scene was far more picturesque than any Dutch picture, but the modern unromantic 'pigstick' is an infinitely finer sport than the original 'boar hunt,' and the only way the "gray boar" should meet his death.”

“It was at one of these great centres of sport and geniality in the merry month of March that Hamish McTavish decided to espouse the widow McKie, and by way of making it a really big occasion he organised a mammoth pigstick to precede the event […]”

“Nellie has often begged food from her : she has seen the woman use the "pigstick" to thrash the child with, and heard cries and moans coming from the end house.”

“We had to let the Germans come nearer, but it was impossible to let them come near when you saw them pointing their pigsticks at you, it put the fear of death in you and you wanted to shoot, but they wouldn't allow us […]”

“Sensing something of an anticlimax, I administered to the rat a helpful prod in the ribs with the pigstick […]”

“In 1857, a Captain Harding of the Bengal Lancers fired his pistol in self-defense at the head of drunken sepoy who assaulted him with a pigstick.”

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