English

Noun

Penang lawyer ‎(plural Penang lawyers)

1. A kind of walking stick made from the stem of an East Asiatic palm (Licuala acutifida).
   • Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles:

     It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a "Penang lawyer."

References

• Penang lawyer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Licuala+acutifida at The Plant List