hoopstick
nounEtymology From hoop + stick.
1
A light framing member for a carriage or wagon hood or roof.
- The floor is of 2⅜-in. boards, and the roof of ⅞-in. boards covered with roofing canvas is laid on hardwood hoopsticks bolted to the steel carlines.1952 January, “British Railways Standard Wagons”, in Railway Magazine, page 61:
2
A stick used for rolling a child's play hoop.