stoura

stoura, ~is [ME stour], stick, stake or post. 1371 uni homini amputanti stoures ‥ pro parietibus domorum ‥ per diem, iv d. Fabr. York 355; 1374 pro omnibus cameris noviter faciendis sc. ‥ stures cum pertinenciis pro mediis parietibus Arch. Hist. Camb. I 238; 1482 in stowrys et virgis pro eodem [tenemento] xvj d. Finc. ccclv.