A stick or wooden implement used in forestry work, or a stick placed at the front of something as a support or marker.
From 'fore-' (front) + 'stick' (a piece of wood), a compound word likely emerging in forestry terminology or military contexts when specific tools needed naming.
Medieval foresters carried multiple sticks—some for measuring trees, some for marking property lines, some for walking through brush—making 'forestick' a practical term for a multipurpose tool.
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