an occasional gate or hurdle, set up in a gap. N. A rack for bacon, &c. York.
·noun A paling; a hurdle. II. Flake ·vt To form into flakes. III. Flake ·vi To separate in flakes;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A small shifting stage, hung over a ship's side to caulk or repair a breach. (See fish-flake.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A frame covered with faggots for the purpose of drying fish.--New England. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A stage covered with light spars for the purpose of drying fish in Newfoundland. ...