noun
stick; piece of wood; billet; broken pole piece
Refers to a piece of wood, often a broken or cut-off stick, pole, or billet. Can be used for any small wooden stick-like object.
彼は棒切れを拾って犬に投げた。
He picked up a stick and threw it to the dog.
壊れた椅子から棒切れが何本か出てきた。
Several pieces of wood came out of the broken chair.
Common mixed kana spelling.
Irregular okurigana usage; less common.
Compound of 棒 (bō, 'stick, pole') and 切れ (kire, 'piece, cut-off fragment'). The reading ぼうぎれ is a rendaku variant.