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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1819 quote.

See: stage ((n.))(def. 1)

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1792

[We found the head of the stage raised up about five inches, many of the posts, shores, and stouters gone. . . .]

1819

The place where the operation of curing the cod-fish is performed, is a stage or covered platform erected on the shore, with one end projecting over the water, which is called the stage-head, and which is fortified with stouters, or very strong shores, to prevent the stage from receiving any damage from ships or boats.

1944

Boats are made shipshape, and temporary wharves or "stageheads" set out on the beaches for the splitting and dressing of the cod.

1958

Miss Butt was carried down to the stagehead, taken off in a rowboat and put aboard the vessel.