bloodstick

== English == === Etymology === From blood +‎ stick. === Noun === bloodstick (plural bloodsticks) (farriery) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein. 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein === Anagrams === blood ticks