English Dictionary: stacking | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for stacking | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stacking \Stack"ing\, a. & n. from {Stack}. {Stacking band}, {Stacking belt}, a band or rope used in binding thatch or straw upon a stack. {Stacking stage}, a stage used in building stacks. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stack \Stack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stacking}.] [Cf. Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See {Stack}, n.] To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood. {To stack arms} (Mil.), to set up a number of muskets or rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conical pile. |