Cane provided by master (4)
I believe the answer is:
beat
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'cane' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'master' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)
'provided by' is the link.
(Other definitions for beat that I've seen before include "course run regularly" , "buffet" , "Tan" , "Flog" , "tired" .)