Noun

(en noun)

* {{quote-book, year=1849, author=Edward Bulwer-Lytton, title=The Caxtons, Complete, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage="We must see you soon again," said Lady Ellinor, kindly, as she followed us to the door. Mr. Trevanion walked on briskly and in silence, one hand in his bosom, the other swinging carelessly a thick walkingstick . }}

* {{quote-book, year=1906, author=Edith Van Dyne, title=Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=CHAPTER XIX A DIFFICULT POSITION And now Uncle John, finding himself left alone, took his walkingstick and started out to explore the valley. }}

* {{quote-news, year=2002, date=October 18, author=Sarah Sax, title=The Birdman of the Academy, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=He explained that this was a variety of insect known as a walkingstick . }}

Noun

(crutches)

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.

* Shakespeare

I'll lean upon one crutch , and fight with the other.

Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop

Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.

* H. Smith

Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak alone.

A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.

A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

(nautical) A knee, or piece of knee timber.

(nautical) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.