Definition of "mopstick"

mopstick

noun
plural mopsticks
1. The long handle of a mop.
  Quotations
  THE TWITCH is a short stick of strong ash, about the size of a mopstick,
  1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse in the Stable and in the Field
2. (music, historical) In an old pianoforte movement, a rod that raises the damper as the key is depressed.