Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stacking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stack \Stack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stacking}.] [Cf. Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See {Stack}, n.]
To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile;
as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place
wood.
{To stack arms} (Mil.), to set up a number of muskets or
rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one another,
and forming a sort of conical pile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stacking \Stack"ing\,
a. & n. from {Stack}.
{Stacking band}, {Stacking belt}, a band or rope used in
binding thatch or straw upon a stack.
{Stacking stage}, a stage used in building stacks.
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