† stilkingn.
Obsolete.
Some part of the gear of a plough.
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startOE
stiltc1340
plough-start1440
tail1466
plough handle?c1475
steer-tree1483
plough stilt?1523
plough-tail?1523
stilking?1523
steer1552
hale?1570
stive1693
plough-tree1799
by-tail1879
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. iiiv But or he begynne to plowe, he must haue his plough..his oxen or horses, and the geyr that longeth to them. That is to say: yokes, landes, stylkinges, wrethyng teames.
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