A stick or staff taken from this tree.
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A knee, or piece of knee timber.
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
to stir with a crutch.
To support on crutches; to prop up.
To move on crutches.
To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.