Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In rope-making, one of several cross-bars set on stakes, used in a rope-walk to support the cords while twisting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rope Making) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
horizontal bar on astake , used for supporting theyarns which are kept apart bypins in the bar.
Etymologies
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stake + head
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