stook /stʊk/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A pile or bundle, especially of straw. •A group of six or eight sheaves of grain stacked to dry vertically in a rectangular arrangement at harvest time, largely obsolete since the advent of combine harvesters and powered grain driers (mid 20th century).And on the road home they lay among the stooks and maybe Ellison did this and that to make sure of getting her, he was fair desperate for any woman by then. — 1932 •(slang, no longer used) A handkerchief.Loud was the laughter at this and other remarks about nailing "stooks" (silk pocket handkerchiefs), "clouts" (cotton ditto), german sausages, &c. — 1866 verb1 •To make stooks. formsstooked · stooking · stooks
