Stick note on this showing final abandonment (5)
I believe the answer is:
lathi
'stick' is the definition.
(I know that lathi is a type of club)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lathi that I've seen before include "Indian truncheon" , "Heavy iron-bound stick used for crowd control by police in India" , "Indian police baton" , "Indian policeman's stick" , "Long, heavy stick" .)