stook

[ stoo k, stook ]

/ stʊk, stuk /

Chiefly British and Canadian.

noun

shock²(def 1).

verb (used with object)

shock²(def 2).

verb (used without object)

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

Nearby words

Origin of stook

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

Related formsstook·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for stook

They were tied only at the seed end, and the base of the stalks was spread out forming a tent-shaped stack, called a stook.
Home Life in Colonial Days|Alice Morse Earle
Just then a damp sheaf from the bottom of a stook went in crosswise, and the automatic governor valve flew open.
Neighbours|Robert Stead
"School isn't all games, I can tell you," said Keith, pulling a straw from the stook and chewing it meditatively.
A Fourth Form Friendship|Angela Brazil
Of course I had put on my landworker's clothes to stook in, and to my surprise this caused a great sensation.
Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan|Frances Halton Eva Hasell

At the end of September the foliage was heavy green, and the wheat stood dejectedly in stook.
The White Peacock|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for stook

stook

/ (stuːk) /

noun

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

verb

(tr) to set up (sheaves) in stooks

Derived Formsstooker, noun

Word Origin for stook

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

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