stook
to stack sheaves of grain; form a pile of straw.
Origin of stook
1Other words from stook
- stooker, noun
Words Nearby stook
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How to use stook in a sentence
If the season is late, as is usual with us, then mid-September sees the corn still standing in stook.
The White Peacock | D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceAt the end of September the foliage was heavy green, and the wheat stood dejectedly in stook.
The White Peacock | D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence"School isn't all games, I can tell you," said Keith, pulling a straw from the stook and chewing it meditatively.
A Fourth Form Friendship | Angela BrazilThe wheat usually stands only a week in stook, and is then threshed on the field.
Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan | Frances Halton Eva HasellOf course I had put on my landworker's clothes to stook in, and to my surprise this caused a great sensation.
Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan | Frances Halton Eva Hasell
British Dictionary definitions for stook
/ (stuːk) /
a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry with their heads together
(tr) to set up (sheaves) in stooks
Origin of stook
1Derived forms of stook
- stooker, noun
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