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Cane is used for a variety of artistic and practical purposes, such as Native American baskets of North America. During the 18th and early 19th century, non-commissioned officers in some European armies could carry canes to discipline troops (when not in use, the cane was hooked to a cross-belt or a button).
A classic late 19th century walking cane, sometimes also called a dress cane. Around the 17th or 18th century, a walking stick became an essential part of the European gentleman's wardrobe. The fashion may have originated with Louis XIV, who favored a walking stick, possibly because he wore high heels. [2]
Cane or caning may refer to: Walking stick, or walking cane, a device used primarily to aid walking; Assistive cane, a walking stick used as a mobility aid for better balance; White cane, a mobility or safety device used by blind or visually impaired people; An implement used in caning, a form of corporal punishment; Sugarcane; Cane (surname)
Arundinaria is a genus of bamboo in the grass family the members of which are referred to generally as cane. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Arundinaria is the only bamboo native to North America, with a native range from Maryland south to Florida and west to the southern Ohio Valley and Texas .
Decorative shoe and ferrule for traction at the base. The makila walking stick consists of an engraved medlar wood shaft cut to a length to suit its owner, generally either hipbone or sternum-height, 1 to 1.4 metres (3.3 to 4.6 ft).
Assorted shillelaghs. A shillelagh (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ l eɪ l i,-l ə / shil-AY-lee, -lə; Irish: sail éille or saill éalaigh [1] [ˌsˠal̠ʲ ˈeːlʲə], "thonged willow") is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top.
Sugar cane was first grown extensively in medieval Southern Europe during the period of Arab rule in Sicily beginning around the 9th century. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] In addition to Sicily, Al-Andalus (in what is currently Spain and Portugal) was an important center of sugar production, beginning by the tenth century.
A candy cane is a cane-shaped stick candy often associated with Christmastide [1] as well as Saint Nicholas Day. [2] It is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint , but the canes also come in a variety of other flavors and colors.