English

Noun

musicstick ‎(plural musicsticks)

1. (Australia) A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VI, p. 88,

     The camp was silent save for clicking of music-sticks in the distant native camp […]

Alternative forms

• music-stick

Synonyms

• (drumstick) clapper
• (drumstick) clapstick