noun
- the practice of gathering cut grain into small bundles or shocks for drying
Usage: agricultural
verb
- gathering cut grain into small bundles or shocks for drying
Usage: agricultural; present participle of stook
Examples
- The farmers spent the afternoon stooking wheat in the field.
- Stooking helps the grain dry properly before threshing.
- Traditional stooking methods are still used on some farms.
- The workers were stooking barley under the hot sun.
- Proper stooking prevents the grain from spoiling in wet weather.
- After cutting, the next step was stooking the oats.