propstick noun2 •Any stick or pole used to prop something up. •Formerly, a forked stick used to raise the height of a clothesline with wet washing drying on it; a clothesprop.When the sun went down she could have seen the assiduous Squeaker lower the new prop-sticks and considerately stoop to gather the pegs his inconsiderate new mate had dropped. — 1902 formspropsticks
