stake (off)

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1av. — Mining

mark or indicate the boundaries of (a claim) with stakes.

See: staking(def. 2)

Quotations

1860

. . . the flats . . . are all staked off, and claims are changing hands at very high prices. . . .

1913

The three claims were staked out before you came into the country.

1955

The Company staked 110 claims (4400 acres) in the area. . . .

1bv. — Lumbering

lay claim to a timber berth by marking out its boundaries with stakes prior to registering the claim.

1908

Now Billy Hewlitt was a "timber-cruiser"--a man who sought for forest timber, to stake it. . . .

2v.

provide with a grubstake.

1919

. . . I'll get Jeanette to stake me to a couple of days' grub. . . .

1960

About one in ten is a boomer, seldom staying in a town longer than was required to stake himself for a move to the town beyond.