A pointer or pointing stick is a solid rod used to point manually, in the form of a stick, but always finished off or artificially produced.
The typical pointer is simply a long, slender, often flexible stick made in a strong material, designed to indicate places on
maps, words on
blackboard
A blackboard (also known as a chalkboard) is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulphate or calcium carbonate, known, when used for this purpose, as chalk. Blackboards were originally made o ...
s etc.
In addition it may be used like any ordinary stick for other purposes, e.g. for punitive
caning (compare
rulering).
Some are
telescopic
A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects.
Telescope(s) also may refer to:
Music
* The Telescopes, a British psychedelic band
* ''Telescope'' (album), by Circle, 2007
* ''The Telescope'' (album), by Her Space H ...
and can be carried in a
pocket like a
pen.
See also
*
Yad
A yad (, literally "hand"; ''hant'', "hand") is a Jewish ritual pointer, popularly known as a Torah pointer, used by the reader to follow the text during the Torah reading from the parchment Torah scrolls. It is often shaped like a long rod, cap ...
– ceremonial pointer used by Jews when reading from a
Torah scroll.
*
fescue – a pointer traditionally used as a pointing stick to help children learn to read.
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