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a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags. Cf. flatbed.[1925-30]
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stake truck — ☆ stake truck n. a truck having a stake body … English World dictionary
stake truck — noun : a truck having a stake body * * * a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags. Cf. flatbed. [1925 30] * * * stake truck, a flat bed truck having brackets or sockets around the edge of the platform so that … Useful english dictionary
stake truck — noun Date: 1907 a truck having a stake body called also stake bed truck … New Collegiate Dictionary
truck — Synonyms and related words: DUKW, ESP, Pullman, Pullman car, answer, autotruck, baggage car, baked goods, balance of trade, bargain, barge, barter, big business, bloodmobile, boat, bookmobile, boxcar, bus, business, business dealings, buy and… … Moby Thesaurus
stake-bed truck — noun see stake truck … New Collegiate Dictionary
stake — [stāk] n. [ME < OE staca, akin to Frank * stakka: see STICK] 1. a length of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground, as for marking a boundary, supporting a plant, etc. 2. a) the post to which a person was tied for… … English World dictionary
stake body — ☆ stake body n. a flat truck body having sockets into which stakes may be fitted, as to support railings … English World dictionary
stake — {{11}}stake (n.1) pointed stick or post, O.E. staca, from P.Gmc. *stakon (Cf. O.N. stiaki, Du. staak, Ger. stake), from PIE root *steg pole, stick. The Germanic word has been borrowed in Spanish (estaca), Old French (estaque), and Italian stacca) … Etymology dictionary
stake — stake1 /stayk/, n., v., staked, staking. n. 1. a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc. 2. a post to which a person is bound for execution, usually by burning. 3 … Universalium
stake — I [[t]steɪk[/t]] n. v. staked, stak•ing 1) bui a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support, etc 2) a post to which a person is bound for execution, usu. by burning 3) the stake, the… … From formal English to slang
