Fescue

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfÉ›skjuː/

Origin

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

Full definition of fescue

Noun

1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
• Miltonto come under the fescue of an imprimatur
• 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon‘Now then,’ Mason rapping upon the Table’s Edge with a sinister-looking Fescue of Ebony, whose List of Uses simple Indication does not quite exhaust, whilst the Girls squirm pleasingly
2. A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.
3. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
4. The style of a sundial.

Verb

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