rudster

English

Noun

rudster (plural rudsters)

1. (Northern England) a post in a cowshed for tethering cattle
   • 1968, Marie Hartley, Joan Ingilby, Life & Tradition in the Yorkshire Dales, page 30:

     Cows are fastened to the iron ring on the ridstake or rudster by a chain, or a cow-band, which is now a rope fastened by a loop and clog (toggle ).

   • 1999, Nicholas Crane, Two Degrees West, London: Viking, page 96:

     Inside the barns, the cattle were separated by 'boskins' of timber or stone and tethered to posts known as 'rudsters'.

Synonyms

• ridstake

Coordinate terms

• boskin
• byre
• laithe