edder
edder · edders
A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes,…A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
/ˈɛdɚ/
Meaning
2 senses(usually plural)A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
An adder or snake.
Origin
From Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor (“hedge, fence”), from ProtoFrom Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor (“hedge, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *edaraz, *eduraz (“hedge, border”). Cognate with Old High German etar.
Variant of adder.
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