staupings, n. pl. north.
(ˈstɔːpɪŋz)
[? f. staup v. + -ing1.]
(See quot. 1847.)
| 1847 Halliwell, Staupings, the holes made by the feet of horses and cattle in miry highways, and other places. North. 1857 C. B. Robinson Best's Farm. Bks. (Surtees) Gloss., Saddened. Dried or hardened. Otherwise the action of the feet on the wet ground would make ‘staupings’. |