1. a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; - Example: "my father never spared the birch" [syn: birch, birch rod]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
birch rod
n 1: a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a
birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father
never spared the birch" [syn: birch, birch rod]