stook Meaning, Definition & Usage

Stook noun
Etymology
Scot. stook, stouk; cf. LG. stuke a heap, bundle, G. stauche a truss, bundle of flax.
Definitions
  1. (Agric.) A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.
Stook transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Stooked ; present participle & verbal noun Stooking
Definitions
  1. (Agric.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks.

Webster 1913