ridstake

English

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 ).

Synonyms

• rudster

Coordinate terms

• boskin
• byre
• laithe