English
Etymology
Old French festu (modern fétu), from Proto-Romance festu, from Latin festuca ‘stalk, stem, straw’.
Pronunciation
IPA: /'fɛskju:/
Noun
fescue
#A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
#:*1997: ‘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 — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
#A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates.
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