stouter

[< stout strong + -er]

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1819 quote.

Quotations

1779

We found the head of the stage raised up about five inches, many of the posts, shores, and stouters gone, and the ice a solid bed under it. . . .

1819

. . . the stage-head . . . is fortified with stouters, or very strong shores, to prevent the stage from receiving any damage from ships or boats.

1964

Strouters [sic], posts at the end of a fishing stage.