noun An old English measure of corn, half a bushel.
noun Any dried-out grass leaf or stalk in a field. Also any of several species of grasses that leave such leaves or stalks, such as dog-tail grass, Plantago lanceolata.
noun Also any of several species of grasses that leave such leaves or stalks, such as dog-tail grass, Plantago lanceolata.
noun Bent grass (Agrostis spp.).
noun A windlass.
noun A reel for winding something into a bundle, such as winding string or yarn into skeins or straw into bundles.