n. 25B6; noun
a silver-topped cane : (WALKING) STICK, staff; alpenstock; crook; Austral./NZ waddy.
tie the shoot to a cane : STICK, stake, upright, pole.
he was been beaten with a cane : STICK, rod, birch; N. Amer. informal paddle; historical ferule.
25B6; verb Matthew was caned for bullying : BEAT, strike, hit, flog, thrash, lash, birch, flagellate; informal give someone a hiding, larrup; N. Amer. informal whale.