caning

cane  (kn)

n.

1.

a. A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans.

b. A plant having such a stem.

c. Such stems or strips of such stems used for wickerwork or baskets.

2. A bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) native to the southeast United States, having long stiff stems and often forming canebrakes.

3. The stem of a raspberry, blackberry, certain roses, or similar plants.

4. Sugar cane.

5. A stick used as an aid in walking or carried as an accessory.

6. A rod used for flogging.

tr.v. caned, can·ing, canes

1. To make, supply, or repair with flexible woody material.

2. To hit or beat with a rod.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin canna, small reed, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; see qnw in Semitic roots.]

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caner n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

caning - work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) wickerwork, wicker piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"