headstick
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]headstick (plural headsticks)
- A stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.
- (printing, historical) A straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a form, between the chase and the type.
- 1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 330:
- The sidesticks should be of the full length of the page, and abut against the headsticks on the outside of the form .
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (device for paralysed person): mouthstick