ridstake

noun

ridstake

noun

1

Northern England a post in a cowshed for tethering cattle

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 ).1968, Marie Hartley, Joan Ingilby, Life & Tradition in the Yorkshire Dales, page 30:

Synonyms: rudster
Coordinate terms: boskin, byre, laithe

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