Definitions For Stook

Verb

{{en-verb}} (intransitive, agriculture) To make stooks.

Derived terms

stooker

Translations

Finnish: aumata French: moyetter, gerber German: docken Italian: accovonare, abbicare Spanish: garbar

Noun

STOOK (plural STOOKs) A pile or bundle, especially of straw. (historical, specifically) A group of 6 or 8 sheaves of grain stacked to dry vertically in a rectangular arrangement at harvest time, obsolete since the advent of the combine harvester (mid 20th century).

Translations

Finnish: auma {{qualifier, pile}}; nippu {{qualifier, bundle}}, kuhilas French: meule, f, moyette, f : Old French: meulon, m German: Docke, f Greek: θημωνιά, f Italian: covone, m, bica, f Kannada: ಅಂಬಾರ Limburgish: miet Norman: {{qualifier, of corn}} binnot, m Old English: hrēac, m Russian: копна́, f, скирда́, f Scottish Gaelic: adag Spanish: garbera, f Welsh: bwch, m

Etymology

From Middle English stowk, stouke, stouc, from or cognate with {{der, en, gml, stûke, t=bundle of grain}}, from {{der, en, gml, stûken, t=to push, bump, compress}}, from {{der, en, osx, stūkan}}, from {{der, en, gem-pro, *stūkaną, t=to be stiff, push}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *(s)tewg-, t=to pound, push, beat}}. Cognate with {{cog, fy, stûkje, t=to pile up, stop}}, {{cog, nl, stuiken, t=to bundle, stamp}}, {{cog, de, stauchen, t=to compress}}, {{cog, sv, stuka, t=to rick, wrench, upset}}, {{cog, nn, stauka, t=to whack, chop}}.