Definition of "walking-cane" [walking-cane]

• Originally, a walking-stick made of some variety of cane; hence, in common use, a walking-stick of any sort. See cane. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He was hatless and dishevelled, his collar was torn open, he grasped a bone-handled walking-cane near the ferrule end, and his mouth was pulled awry."
• "Had a person followed Louis when he withdrew, that watcher would have discovered, on peeping through the key-hole of his door, that he was engaged in one of the oddest of occupations for such a man, — sweeping down from the ceiling, by means of a walking-cane, a long cobweb which lingered on high in the corner."
• "Another was waving her walking-cane wildly in the air, causing those in the vicinity to duck."