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From: "John B. Robb" <>
Subject: Re: [DMU] Have you seen this term in your deeds?
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 19:03:09 -0400
References: <00ab01c0ec75$d72181c0$0300a8c0@ne.mediaone.net>

Not in OED, nor in the "A to Zax" dictionary. OED does have a meaning for buck which
might have a topological analog. A buck is a working framework (like a sawhorse) in
which two crotch members are joined by an axis (and presumably the thing has legs like
a sawhorse). Maybe a "buckstraddle" is a kind of saddlepoint ridge in the terrain.
Does that fit with the context?

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Broyles <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 5:40 PM
Subject: [DMU] Have you seen this term in your deeds?


> You never know what you'll come across in a deed!
>
> We got a query today from a fellow do research in Massachusetts (timeframe
> not given). One of the property corners was given as a "buckstraddle" and
> he's
> trying to figure out what it is. I discovered that straddling a deer is one
> of the
> steps of dressing it (straddling the body as you make a long slice along the
> belly). Straddle is also used to describe the distance between the right
> and
> left hoof prints of a deer (or presumably other animals).
>
> In any case, if you have an OED or Dictionary of American Slang, you might
> find
> the answer buried inside.
>
> Steve Broyles
>
>
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This thread:

• [DMU] Have you seen this term in your deeds? by "Steve Broyles" <>

  • Re: [DMU] Have you seen this term in your deeds? by "John B. Robb" <>

  • Re: [DMU] Have you seen this term in your deeds? by "Barbara Vines Little" <>
    • Re: [DMU] Have you seen this term in your deeds? by "Pauline Ballentine" <>
  • Re: [DMU] Have you seen this term in your deeds? by John Lyon <>