ˈrack-staff ? Obs.
(See quots.)
| 1611 Cotgr., Frayoire, the racke-staffe, or nog of a mill; the little peece of wood which rubbing against the hopper makes the corne fall from it. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 340/2 The parts of a Wind-Mill..The Rack-staff, that shakes the Shough. 1847–78 Halliwell, Rack-staff, a kind of pole or staff used for adjusting the mill-stones. |