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Stake.

stake, long usually wooden pole

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃtaːkə/
  1. stake, long usually wooden pole

    Northern-Germany · feminine
  2. quant pole, barge pole

    feminine
Where this word comes from

15th century, borrowed from Middle Low German stāke m, from Old Saxon *stako, from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô. Cognate with Dutch staak, English stake.

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