ridstake

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Noun

ridstake (plural ridstakes)

  1. (Northern England) a post in a cowshed for tethering cattle
    • 1968, Marie Hartley, Joan Ingilby, Life & Tradition in the Yorkshire Dales, page 30:
      Cows are fastened to the iron ring on the ridstake or rudster by a chain, or a cow-band, which is now a rope fastened by a loop and clog (toggle ).

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