rest-stick

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a sturdy stick or pole used to take the weight of a pack off the bearer's shoulders and forehead while he is resting on the trail.

Quotations

1943

Dan cut a rest-stick and adjusted the tump strap across his forehead, so as to relieve his shoulders for the canoe load.