Meaning & use
Caned
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Struck or punished with a cane, or wove a chair seat using strips of cane.
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In some schools, students were once caned for misbehaving.
The craftsman caned the antique chair seat by hand.
A note on using this word
Also used as an adjective to describe furniture, as in 'a caned chair,' meaning woven with strips of rattan.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Woven or made using strips of rattan or cane, especially describing furniture.
They bought a set of caned dining chairs for the porch.
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