stere

American  

[steer] / stɪər /

noun

1. a cubic meter equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet or 1.3080 cubic yards, used to measure cordwood. st

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stere British  

/ stɪə /

noun

1. a unit used to measure volumes of stacked timber equal to one cubic metre (35.315 cubic feet)

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Etymology

Origin of stere

1790–1800; < French stère < Greek stereós solid

Example Sentences

And for because that Saturne is of so late sterynge, therfore the folk of that contree, that ben undre his clymat, han of kynde no wille for to meve ne stere to seche strange places.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

Stere, stēr, n. a cubic unit of metric measure—a cubic m�tre, equivalent to 35.3156 English cubic feet.—Decast�re=10 steres; Decist�re=1⁄10 stere.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Lo thus, mi Sone, it mai thee stere Of swevenes forto take kepe, For ofte time a man aslepe Mai se what after schal betide.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

Fallere stere nere mentari nilque tacere Haec qumque vere statuit Deus in muliere.

From The Arte of English Poesie by Puttenham, George

“Abouten his char ther wenten white alauns, Twenty and mo as gret as any stere, To hunten at the leon or the dere.”

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony