What is a horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar called?
stakehead — A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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