Meaning of yedder | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

Examples

“[…] you shall set⟳ your stakes at the brim of the water, each a yard apart, and so yedder them with your yedders, and so stake them with your strut stowers, that they may stand⟳ three tides without removing by the force⟳ thereof.”

“they whack wi' their yedders”

“Hence the request⟳ that they should repair⟳ to the wood on Ascension Eve to prepare⟳ their stakes, their stowers, and their yedders, and bring⟳ them on their backs to the place⟳ fixed upon for their planting by "nine in the morning." Of course, Ascension Day is determined by Easter, which is regulated by the moon, and the moon regulates the tides[…]”

“"But 'e's biddable as a yedder, an' never [has] a fixed idea of 'is own⟳. I dun't rightly think⟳ 'e's ever called owt else.” She realised my confusion. “A yedder's weaved through a stake to make⟳ a fence or bind⟳ an 'edge, you see⟳. It bends this way an' that[…]"”

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