What is one of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.] To climd by the rungs and the stalks. Chaucer called?
stalk — One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.] To climd by the rungs and the stalks. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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