shooting stick

{{short description|Combined walking stick and folding chair}}

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File:Shooting stick, Florence Court, County Fermanagh.jpeg, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, maintained by the National Trust]]

A shooting stick is a combined walking stick and folding chair.{{Cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/shooting-stick |title=shooting stick at Cambridge Dictionaries Online |access-date=2015-03-11 |archive-date=2014-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011145627/http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/shooting-stick |url-status=live }} It is generally used as a short-term seat at outdoor events.

A traditional British shooting stick is a wooden or metal shaft terminating at the base in a plate foot, with a bifurcated handle at top that folds out to form a simple seat. The seat may be a narrow saddle of leather or webbing. The plate foot typically extends into a metal point intended to dig into the ground for support, although a rubber ferrule may be offered for use on hard surfaces.{{Cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting%20stick |title=shooting stick at Merriam Webster dictionary |access-date=2015-03-11 |archive-date=2015-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211174802/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting%20stick |url-status=live }}