Stake
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A stake is a long wooden pole. The Catolic Church used it to fix victims to it. Those were witches and warlocks to be burnt, usually for witchcraft.
Other meanings of the word:
- Modern meanings of the word are staking (around) with a boat, in shallow waters by using the stake to push the boat around in the shallows.
- at stake
- Stake a claim