† pikestowern.
Obsolete. rare.
An iron bar fixed in a cart to strengthen the sides.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > other types > parts of
pickstaff?1523
pikestowera1642
stake1875
stake-iron1875
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 50 The foreman is to bee forewarned that hee seeke out three or 4 pikestowers aforehande and some keyes and false shelvings.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 143 They..putte the shelvings, loade-pinnes, and pike-stowers of everie waine into her body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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