buckstall

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noun

A net used for catching deer.

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Meanings

nounbuckstall (plural buckstalls)

plural buckstalls · alternative buck-stall

  1. archaicA net used for catching deer.

    Our ambushed troops, like cataracts falling into a torrent, joined the vanguard, and as fishes in a net or deer in a buckstall, the enemies were surrounded, closed, hemmed in.

    1867, Georgiana Fullerton, A Stormy Life: A Novel

Origin

From buck + stall.

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APA

buckstall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckstall

MLA

“buckstall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckstall. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buckstall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckstall.

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