stook

[ stook, stook ]

noun

1. shock ²( def 1 ).

verb (used with object)

1. shock ²( def 2 ).

verb (used without object)

1. to stack sheaves of grain; form a pile of straw.

stook

/ stuːk /

noun

1. a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry with their heads together

verb

1. tr to set up (sheaves) in stooks

Derived Forms

• ˈstooker, noun

Other Words From

• stooker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stook¹

1400–50; late Middle English stouk, Old English stūc heap; cognate with Middle Low German stūke, German Stauche; akin to stock

Word History and Origins

Origin of stook¹

C15: variant of stouk, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German stūke, Old High German stūhha sleeve

Example Sentences

If the season is late, as is usual with us, then mid-September sees the corn still standing in stook.

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At the end of September the foliage was heavy green, and the wheat stood dejectedly in stook.

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"School isn't all games, I can tell you," said Keith, pulling a straw from the stook and chewing it meditatively.

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The wheat usually stands only a week in stook, and is then threshed on the field.

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Of course I had put on my landworker's clothes to stook in, and to my surprise this caused a great sensation.

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