fescue

Meanings

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

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

Etymology

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