polo-stick

English

Polosticks employed in Modern Isfahan.

A drawing of ancient Georgian polo-sticks brandished.

Alternative forms

•  polo stick, polostick

Pronunciation

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Noun

polo-stick (plural polo-sticks)

1. The elongate implement needed to push a ball from a horseback and thereby vie with other mounted players.

   Synonym: polo mallet

   • 2004, “The History of Sesame”, in Economic Botany‎^[1], volume 58, number 3:

     COVER: A Persian miniature from the Topkapi Sarayi Library in Istanbul depicting Alexander the Great feeding sesame seeds to a cockerel. This rare illustration depicts an episode in which Darius insulted Alexander by sending him a polo stick and ball, and a bowl of sesame seed, saying that as Alexander behaved like a child he should have the playthings of a child.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: صَوْلَجَان m (ṣawlajān), عَصَا الْبُولُو m (ʕaṣā al-būlū), مِطْرَقَة الْبُولُو f (miṭraqa al-būlū)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: poolomaila
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Poloschläger m
• Ottoman Turkish: چوگان (çevgân), صولجان (sevlecan)
• Persian: چوگان (čowgân)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can