rakestale
English edit
Etymology edit
From rake + stale (“handle”).
Noun edit
rakestale (plural rakestales)
- The handle of a rake.
- a. 1892, Bliss Perry, Salem Kittredge and Other Stories, page 138,[1]
- "You don't say! Ain't bought it yet, have ye? Set still, Jocko!" He tapped the dog's back with the rakestale.
- 1911, Galusha Anderson, When Neighbors Were Neighbors: A Story of Love and Life in Olden Days, page 68:
- Linseed oil was scattered over it, and then what sport they had as with sticks, rakestales and broom handles they mixed up the wool, making it fly in every direction, while the rafters of the barn echoed their merry, shouts and laughter.
- a. 1892, Bliss Perry, Salem Kittredge and Other Stories, page 138,[1]
References edit
- “rakestale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.