buckstall en · NOUN
Etymology
From buck + stall.
Meanings
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(archaic) A net used for catching deer.
Our ambushed troops, like cataracts falling into a torrent, joined the vanguard, and as fishes in a net or deer in a buckstall, the enemies were surrounded, closed, hemmed in.
1867, Georgiana Fullerton, A Stormy Life: A Novel:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buck-stall | alternative | lexicographic | |
| buckstalls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |