withe

A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

A band of twisted twigs.

An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.

An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.

A partition between flues in a chimney.

To bind with withes.

To beat with withes.