fescue

Meanings

Noun

• A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
• A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.
• An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
• The style of a sundial.

Verb

• To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.

Origin

• From Old French festu (modern fétu), from Proto-Romance festu, from Latin festuca ("stalk, stem, straw").