noun
wooden stick; wooden pole
A stick or pole made of wood; can range from a small rod to a long pole. The reading きほう is obsolete.
彼は木棒で地面を叩いた。
He struck the ground with a wooden stick.
庭に木棒を立てて、洗濯物を干した。
I set up a wooden pole in the garden and hung the laundry.
Rare variant using 鉾 (halberd), possibly for a wooden polearm or ceremonial object.
Compound of 木 (ki, 'wood') and 棒 (bō, 'stick, pole'). The reading きぼう is a standard compound reading; きほう is an older, now obsolete reading.