A goad.
1825. I fetches it a rap, with my goard stick.—John Neal, ‘Brother Jonathan,’ i. 159.
1851. The teamster now arranges every ox in the most advantageous position, passing through several evolutions with his goad stick; then giving the word of command, they settle to it.—John S. Springer, ‘Forest Life,’ p. 97 (N.Y.).
1866. A small man … holding a goad-stick in his hand.—Seba Smith, ‘’Way Down East,’ p. 242.
