DCHP-1 Online
grip-stick 
n. a short length of wood attached to each end of the thong used to rotate a firedrill (a stick used for making fire). See picture at fire-board.
See also: fire-board
- 1943 This time Dan used the fire-making method of the Ojibways. He tied a short grip-stick to each end of his cord . . . and stooped over it with the socket in his teeth.
- 1943 This time Dan used the fire-making method of the Ojibways. He tied a short grip-stick to each end of his cord . . . and stooped over it with the socket in his teeth.