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Answer for the clue "Scottish king worried about old country seat? ", 14 letters:
shooting stick

Word definitions for shooting stick in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A walking stick that has a spike at one end, and a handle that unfolds into a simple seat; used as a short-term seat at outdoor events 2 Portable weapon mount used by field shooters, like hunters, snipers and metallic silhouette black-powder rifle ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ One woman has brought the blunt ended equivalent of a shooting stick , which turns out not to be needed. ▪ She was sitting on a shooting stick .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A shooting stick is a combined walking stick and folding chair . It is generally used as a short-term seat at outdoor events. A traditional British shooting stick is a wooden or metal shaft terminating at the base in a plate foot, with a bifurcated handle ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. Shooting board (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true. Shooting box , a small house ...

Usage examples of shooting stick.

The rifle he balanced across a bronze-shod shooting stick was a joke, longer than the man aiming it.

Some of them licked their lips as they stood leaning a hip or buttock on the hafts of their axes, using them as their remote British descendants would a shooting stick.

With an incredible display of casual indifference to sniper bullets, Pembroke-Smythe sat under the torrid sun on a shooting stick, a spiked cane that opens into a seat, and observed the Malian formations as they lined up for the assault.

It startled the flying whale guard, who turned toward it, pulling his shooting stick off his shoulder.