单词 | stuckle |
释义 | † stucklen. Obsolete. A shock (shock n.1 1) consisting of five or six sheaves of corn. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > stooking > stook or cock shockc1325 cocka1398 stook14.. poukera1450 haycockc1470 cop1512 stitch1603 pook1607 grass cock1614 hattock1673 stuckle1682 cocklet1788 coil?a1800 lap-cock1802 shuck1811 button1850 1682 R. Davies Deposition 18 Sept. in Hereford Consistory Court Rec. (Herefordshire County Rec. Office: HD4/4/3) f. 379 Thomas Jones did demand one Stuckle of muncorne..due to him for tieth..and finding but 4 sheaves there, required one sheafe more to make up the said stuckle. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ A stuckle of corn, mergitum strues. 1741 J. Colbatch Case of Proxies 101 Some, he says, paid their Tythes in Sheafs scattered about in the Field, some in Stuckles and Cocks. 1842 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 95/1 In both cases it is advisable to bind the wheat immediately after it is cut, and place the sheaves upright, five or six together in stuckles. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Stuckle, a cluster of standing sheaves, usually six. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1682 |
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