单词 | range stake |
释义 | > as lemmasrange stake range stake n. (a) a stake used as a guide to distance, direction, etc.; spec. a stake used as a range marker for artillery or other weaponry (see range marker n. 2); (b) English regional (Cheshire) a wooden stake to which cattle are tied when indoors (cf. sense A. 7b). ΚΠ 1857 E. J. Hooper Western Fruit Bk. 320 It will be best to set range stakes in either direction; after a few trees are planted, they will aid in the correct setting of the remainder. 1876 Hist. Seneca Co., N.Y. xxxvi. 75/2 Dart, of Ammon's battery, was killed while driving a range-stake for his mortar. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Range Stake, the wooden stake to which cows are tied in the shippon. 1914 F. C. Sears Productive Orcharding iv. 48 Next set a range stake at the other side of the field and the same distance from the highway. 1951 A. W. Boyd Country Parish vii. 51 He supplied ‘range stakes’, the wooden poles to which cows are tied in a shippon. 2001 P. Kent On Terror Trail 202 I have a sack of grain for a steady rest and some range stakes set out so I'll know just where to hold the sights. < as lemmas |
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