split cane

British  

noun

1. angling bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods

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Example Sentences

Among their household goods they had boxes made of split cane and other material, ingeniously wrought and ornamented; also mats for their floors.

From Elsie in the South by Finley, Martha

My bedstead is raised by forkillas; at the head and feet are cross poles, upon which is placed a platform of split cane.

From Samboe; or, The African Boy by Hedge, Mary Ann

An illustration of ancient split cane matting is presented in figure 12.

From Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 by Holmes, William Henry

The floor is of split cane, elevated a few feet from the earth, which secures ventilation and cleanliness.

From Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons by Stuart, Arabella W.

It is a basket made of fine split cane loosely plaited; in shape, a tube five feet long and five inches in diameter at the mouth, and narrowing somewhat at the bottom.

From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles