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rudster en · NOUN
Meanings
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(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:Inside the barns, the cattle were separated by 'boskins' of timber or stone and tethered to posts known as 'rudsters'.
1999, Nicholas Crane, Two Degrees West, London: Viking, page 96:
Forms
Coordinates
boskin · byre · laithe
Synonyms
ridstake