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stakehead

noun

Etymology

From stake + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as stakehead — “stake + head”

Definitions

  1. A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins…

    A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.

The neighborhood

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